Legal Opinion
In Re Onstad
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided June 21, 2000No. 06-00-00065-CVPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice ROSS.
Rockne Onstad, plaintiffs counsel in a medical malpractice lawsuit, has filed a petition for writ of mandamus asking this Court to find that a sanction levied against him personally was improper. The first question before this Court is whether the order of sanctions is subject to mandamus relief.
The record shows that during the course of a medical malpractice lawsuit, an order on a motion in limine was signed in which the trial judge ordered that no mention be made of a “shutdown” of a medical unit after the incident on trial. The surgical unit was shut down in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Patricia Thomas v. Capital Security Services, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Braden v. DowneyTexas Supreme Court · 1991
- Electronic Data Systems Corp. v. Tyson, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1993
- Tjernagel v. Roberts, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1996
- Susman Godfrey, L.L.P. v. Marshall, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1992
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3Cited by13 opinions
- In Re Le, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2011
- Onstad v. Wright, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2001
- Amelia Schoolcraft and Robert Alan Schoolcraft v. Department of Family and Protective Services, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2005
- Ex Parte Christopher Carter, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2012
- In Re Le, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2011
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