Texas High Court: Bad Faith Required For Any Imposition Of Sanctions

Mealey's (April 28, 2020, 2:49 PM EDT) -- AUSTIN, Texas — A 7-1 Texas Supreme Court on April 24 vacated a trial court’s imposition of sanctions against an attorney that conducted a push poll survey before a trial involving allegedly defective corrugated stainless steel tubing (CSST) that caused a fatal fire in August 2012, finding that a showing of bad faith was necessary before the trial court could order the attorney to attend 10 hours of legal ethics education and pay $177,005.27 in attorney fees, expenses, fees and costs (William A. Brewer III v. Lennox Hearth Products LLC, et al., No. 18-0426, Texas Sup., 2020 Tex. LEXIS 359)....