Bottinelli v. Robinson

PEDEN, Justice.

N. Edward Bottinelli, plaintiff below, appeals from an order striking his pleadings and dismissing his cause of action with prejudice for failure to comply with a previous order of the court to produce certain documents requested by the defendant, Herndon Y. Robinson, Sr., pursuant to Rule 167, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

In his fourteen points of error, Bottinel-li’s chief complaints are that the trial court erred 1) in ordering the production of the documents despite Robinson’s failure to allege and prove good cause for their production in his original Rule 167 motion; 2)…