Linkous v. Murry

OPINION

JUNELL, Justice (Retired).

Appellees, Doyle Murry and Gwendolyn Murry, sued appellant, Dr. Daniel Linkous, for injuries sustained by Doyle Murry while under appellant’s care. The jury found Doyle Murry to be thirty percent negligent and appellant to be seventy percent negligent and awarded appellees $91,500. Appellant raises one point of error concerning sanctions levied against appellant by the trial court for discovery abuse. We reverse the judgment of the trial court.

The trial court sanctioned appellant for failing to supplement an answer to an interrogatory. In March of 1988,…