Legal Opinion
In Re Harvest Communities of Houston, Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided July 31, 2002No. 04-02-00410-CVPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
PHIL HARDBERGER, Chief Justice.
Harvest Communities of Houston, Inc. d/b/a Harvest Communities of Hondo (“Harvest”) seeks mandamus relief from an order striking its expert Dr. Larry Watson from testifying. 1 We do not condone the behavior of Harvest’s counsel, Jay Hirsch. We also agree with the trial court that Hirsch’s actions are sanctiona-ble, but we conditionally grant the writ because striking Dr. Watson’s testimony was a death penalty sanction, and the trial court made no effort to remedy the situation with a lesser sanction.
BACKGROUND
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