Legal Opinion
Louis Cognata v. Down Hole Injection, Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided June 19, 2012No. 14-06-00976-CVPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ADELE HEDGES, Chief Justice.
Louis Cognata appeals an order for sanctions entered against him in favor of Down Hole Injection, Inc. (“DHI”). The order comes from a finding of pre-suit discovery abuse, which arose out of proceedings involving two separate trial courts in different jurisdictions. Finding no error, we affirm.
BACKGROUND
This appeal comes to us from a local court in Houston, but our story begins farther north, in Nacogdoches, Texas. In October 2005, DHI filed a petition with the 145th District Court of Nacogdoches County (the “Nacogdoches Court”) seeking a pre-suit deposition…
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