MENDOZA v. EIGHTH COURT OF APPEALS

No. 95-0796.

917 S.W.2d 787 (1996)

Lorenzo MENDOZA and Elia Muniz Mendoza, Individually and as Parents on Behalf of the Estate of Elia Lorenza Mendoza Muniz, Deceased, and James F. Scherr, Relators, v. The EIGHTH COURT OF APPEALS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

March 7, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew F. MacRae, Austin, Michael J. Crowley, Austin, Jim Darnell, El Paso, for Relators.

Timothy L. White, El Paso, John W. McChristian, Jr., El Paso, for Respondent.


PER CURIAM.

Because we hold that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion for sanctions filed by the real parties in interest, we conditionally grant Scherr's petition for writ of mandamus.

Elia Mendoza, an employee of Contico International, Inc. ("Contico"), was brutally murdered in Mexico while delivering a payroll to one of Contico's Mexican plants. Mendoza's parents Lorenzo and Elia Mendoza brought suit for wrongful death. On...

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