Hernandez v. Sovereign Cherokee Nation Tejas

OPINION

Opinion By

Justice MARTIN RICHTER.

Appellee Sovereign Cherokee Nation Tejas (SCNT) sued appellant Frank P. Hernandez alleging fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and other claims. The trial court struck Hernandez’s pleadings as a discovery sanction, and the case was submitted to a jury to determine damages. The jury answered questions awarding actual and exemplary damages to SCNT, and the trial court entered judgment for SCNT. Hernandez appeals, alleging the sanctions were an abuse of the trial court’s discretion. Hernandez also alleges there was no evidence or insufficient evidence to…