Nelson v. Britt

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice FRANCIS.

Control Components Corporation and its president, Donald Jerome Nelson, appeal the trial court’s judgment imposing death penalty sanctions against CCC and awarding damages, attorney’s fees, and costs against both CCC and Nelson, jointly and severally. In seven issues, appellants challenge both the sanctions and money judgment. For reasons set out below, we reverse the trial court’s judgment and remand the cause for further proceedings.

The underlying litigation in this case evolved out of a dispute over attorney’s fees in an earlier lawsuit. In that suit, CCC…