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OTIS ELEVATOR CO. v. PARMELEE

No. D-1840.

850 S.W.2d 179 (1993)

OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY and United Technologies Corporation, Petitioners, v. Maurine B. PARMELEE, Individually, and as Administratrix of the Estate of Bennie Parmelee, Jr., Deceased, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Dissenting Opinion April 14, 1993.

Rehearing Overruled April 14, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Greene, III, Maureen McPherson Spector, Houston, for petitioners.

Eric Sigsbey, Houston, for respondent.

Dissenting Opinion by Doggett, J., April 14, 1993.

OPINION

HECHT, Justice.

The trial court imposed sanctions in this case tantamount to rendering default judgment against defendants, and awarded unliquidated damages without hearing evidence. The court of appeals affirmed. 817 S.W.2d 731. We hold that the imposition of sanctions did not comport with our opinion in

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