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MINNS v. PIOTROWSKI

No. 10-92-078-CV.

904 S.W.2d 161 (1995)

Richard L. MINNS, Appellant, v. Barbra PIOTROWSKI, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Overruled July 19, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Bruce Bennett, Baskin, Bennett & Komkov, L.L.P., Austin, William W. Kilgarlin, Santa Fe, New Mexico, for appellant.

G.P. Hardy, III, Hardy & Johns, Houston, Matt Dawson, Dawson, Sodd & Moe, P.C., Corsicana, John P. Giberson, Atty. General's Office, Tort Litigation Division, Austin, for appellees.

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

OPINION

VANCE, Justice.

Barbra Piotrowski sued Richard L. Minns for personal injuries sustained when she was rendered a paraplegic by attackers whom she said Minns hired to assassinate her. The court imposed a "death-penalty" sanction against Minns for discovery abuse. A jury awarded Piotrowski $32,100,000 in actual and exemplary damages. We find that the court abused its discretion in assessing the sanction and reverse the judgment in favor of Piotrowski...

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