State Office of Risk Management v. Edmondson

OPINION

Opinion By

Justice FILLMORE.

Appellant State Office of Risk Management (SORM) appeals the trial court’s judgment awarding appellee Marylee Edmondson attorney’s fees under chapter 105 of the civil practice and remedies code. In two issues SORM contends the trial court (i) erred in assessing a sanction against SORM pursuant to chapter 105 and (ii) abused its discretion by failing to consider deposition testimony at the hearing of SORM’s motion for new trial on the chapter 105 sanction. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.

Background

In 1990, while an employee of the Texas Workforce…