A Texas appellate court overturned $9,000 in contempt sanctions ordered by an El Paso judge against Wal-Mart Stores for allegedly failing to timely respond to a claimant's discovery request, but upheld the judge's order that Wal-Mart pay $11,550 in attorney fees.
Case: No. 08-15-00126-CV, 12/14/2016.
Facts and procedural: Blanca Calderon filed a lawsuit against Wal-Mart, alleging she was fired for filing a workers' compensation claim or her age. In January 2015, Calderon filed 18 interrogatories and 74 requests for production from Wal-Mart.
Wal-Mart filed an objection to th...
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