Court Lifts Discovery Sanction Barring Affirmative Defenses in Housekeeper's Civil Suit

A Texas appellate court overturned a discovery sanction in a civil suit that had barred a defendant from asserting an affirmative defense to an injured hotel housekeeper’s claims. Case: In re Nueces Hospitality Group, No. 13-17-00453-CV, 11/14/2017, published. Facts and procedural history: Myrtle Lee Bryant filed suit against the Nueces Hospitality Group in October 2016. She alleged she had slipped and fallen while working as a housekeeper at the Comfort Suites Central Hotel in Corpus Christi, Texas. Bryant asserted that the Nueces Hospitality Group owned or controlled the h...