United Business MacHine, Inc. v. Southwestern Bell Media, Inc.

OPINION

MIRABAL, Justice.

The question presented in this appeal is whether a trial court must hold an oral hearing, if a defendant requests one, before the trial court can properly grant a plaintiff’s motion for sanctions for defendant’s failure to obey a court order to provide discovery, under Tex.R.Civ.P. 215(2)(b)(5). Our answer is no.

United Business Machine, Inc. (“UBM”) appeals from a judgment entered against it as a sanction for its failure to obey a court order to provide discovery. We affirm.

UBM and Southwestern Bell Media (an agent of Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages) (“Southwestern”)…