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U.S. FIDELITY AND GUAR. CO. v. ROSSA

No. 10-91-194-CV.

830 S.W.2d 668 (1992)

UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY, Appellant, v. Tommy ROSSA and Penny Rossa, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied June 17, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul K. Pearce, Jr., and Steven R. Shattuck, Fanning, Harper & Martinson, Dallas, John O'Herren, Sheehy, Lovelace & Mayfield, J. Robert Sheehy and Benjamin N. Hamilton, Sheehy & Hamilton, L.C., Waco, for appellant.

Kae L. Brockermeyer, Brockermeyer & Associates, Elizabeth Sturdivant Kerr, Boswell & Kerr, P.C., Fort Worth, Dan Boulware, Cleburne, for appellees.

Before THOMAS, C.J., and CUMMINGS and VANCE, JJ.

OPINION

VANCE, Justice.

United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company (USF & G) appeals the imposition of a "death penalty" sanction—the striking of USF & G's pleadings and the entry of a $1,000,000 default judgment against it—for alleged discovery abuse. Using the guidelines established by the Supreme Court in Transamerican Natural Gas Corporation v. Powell, we hold that the sanction...

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