Vaughn v. Texas Employment Commission

DUGGAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing appellant’s causes of action against ap-pellees with prejudice and awarding attorney’s fees to the defendants as sanctions for discovery abuse.

The plaintiff-appellant does not challenge the trial court’s findings that she committed perjury and fabricated evidence in her deposition and discovery responses, and that she committed perjury during the hearing on appellees’ motion for sanctions. Without disputing the trial court’s finding of her misconduct, appellant complains that under the worst-case scenario, the “harsh and punitive”…