ONSTAD v. WRIGHT

No. 06-00-00121-CV.

54 S.W.3d 799 (2001)

Rockne ONSTAD, Appellant, v. James O. WRIGHT, III, M.D., et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Decided August 21, 2001.

Rehearing Overruled September 18, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Mercy, Mercy, Carter & Elliott, LLP, Texarkana, for appellant.

Hunter T. Hillin, Hillin & Owen, LLP, Kay E. Ellington, Law Offices of Joel Steed, PC, Dorothy Prengler, Law Offices of Dorothy Prengler, PC, Dallas, for appellee.

Before CORNELIUS, C.J., GRANT and ROSS, JJ.


OPINION

Opinion by Justice GRANT.

Rockne Onstad, counsel for plaintiffs in a medical malpractice lawsuit, appeals from the imposition of a monetary sanction by the trial court on him personally after it declared a mistrial in the lawsuit. Onstad contends that the trial court's imposition of the sanction for a violation of its order in limine was outside its authority, that it was excessive, that prerequisites to issuance of a sanction were not met, and that...

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