Legal Opinion
Jimenez v. Transwestern Property Co.
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided July 29, 1999No. 14-97-00916-CVPublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAJORITY OPINION
JOHN S. ANDERSON, Justice.
George Jimenez (Jimenez) brought a personal injury action against Transwest-ern Property Company (Transwestern). On the day of trial, Jimenez announced that he was not ready to proceed to trial, and the trial court dismissed his ease for want of prosecution and imposed sanctions. Jimenez appeals that order. In four points of error, Jimenez argues the trial court abused its discretion in (1) dismissing the case, (2) relying on ex parte communications to support sanctions, (3) sanctioning appellant’s paralegal assistant, and (4) sanctioning appellant’s…
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