HOGAN v. BECKEL

No. 04-88-00395-CV.

783 S.W.2d 307 (1989)

Lou Ann HOGAN, Appellant, v. Jeff BECKEL, Taylor Sommer, Scott Autry & Hector J. Torres, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied February 9, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael G. Lockwood, Austin, for appellant.

John Milano, Jr., Thornton, Summers, Biechlin, Dunham & Brown, Otto S. Good, and Jo Chris G. Lopez, Shaddox, Compere, Gorham & Good, San Antonio, for appellees.

Before CADENA, C.J., and PEEPLES and BIERY, JJ.


OPINION

CADENA, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff, Lou Ann Hogan, whose suit to recover damages for libel and slander was dismissed with prejudice because of her failure to appear for a deposition, now seeks reinstatement of her suit. She argues that the dismissal with prejudice constituted an abuse of the trial court's discretion.

Plaintiff's suit was filed on March 9, 1988. On Thursday, April 14, 1988, after...

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