Clear Lake City Water Authority v. Winograd

OPINION

ROBERTSON, Justice.

This is an attempted appeal from an award of sanctions to appellee Dr. Eugene Winograd (Winograd) after appellant Clear Lake City Water Authority (Water Authority) failed to comply with a court order requiring the Water Authority to properly answer an interrogatory. The dispositive issue in this case is whether pre-trial discovery sanctions are appealable. For reasons discussed below, we hold that this order for discovery and the sanctions based thereon are interlocutory in nature, and therefore not properly before this court.

This appeal originates in an action filed…