Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Woodruff
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided August 2, 2007No. 09-05-511 CVPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STEVE McKEITHEN, Chief Justice.
Stacy Thompson and Sean Denzil Thompson appeal the dismissal of their medical malpractice suit against James J. Woodruff, Duane L. Larson, and Scott Kacy. In eight issues, the Thompsons claim the trial court erred by imposing case-determinative sanctions for discovery abuses solely attributable to their impaired lawyer, without first considering lesser sanctions. We reverse and remand.
Suit commenced on May 10, 2002. Although nineteen defendants are named in the Thompsons’ petition, only Doctors Woodruff, Larson, and Kacy were served and appeared. Due to a…
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