Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Deggs

OPINION

When a party does not return answers to a request for admissions within thirty days, the matters in the request are deemed admitted against that party. Tex.R. Civ. P. 169. Here, the trial court directed a verdict against defendants Wal-Mart and Allen Smith based on Smith’s deemed admissions. The court of appeals affirmed the judgment against Wal-Mart but reversed and remanded the judgment against Smith because the deemed admissions were insufficient to support Smith’s personal liability. — S.W.2d —, 1996 WL 492571. We hold that the trial court abused its discretion in not granting the…