Allied Associates, Inc. v. Ina County Mutual Insurance Companies

OPINION

SEARS, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order granting appellee’s motion for sanctions. In two points of error, appellant claims the trial court erred in awarding attorney’s fees to appellee because there is no evidence to support the award. We affirm.

The record reflects that appellee filed a motion for sanctions against appellant for failure to answer certain discovery requests. After a hearing, the trial judge granted the motion, struck appellant’s pleadings, and awarded $2,000 in attorney’s fees as sanctions for the alleged discovery abuse. Subsequently, a default judgment was…