American Flood Research, Inc. v. Jones

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• holding that a trial court imposing sanctions is obligated to ensure that the sanctions are appropriate and just
• holding that reviewing court does not limit itself to trial court’s sanctions order but independently reviews entire record to determine whether it supports sanctions award
• recognizing that an appellate court reviewing a sanctions order must ensure that “less severe sanctions would not have been sufficient to promote compliance”
• recognizing that an appellate court reviewing a sanctions order must ensure that A less severe sanctions would not have been sufficient to promote compliance @
• holding that trial court was within its discretion to impose $15,000 sanction on attorney where “the evidence demonstrate[d] that the offensive conduct [was] attributable to counsel alone”
• recognizing that in general a trial court has the discretion to determine whether to impose a sanction for a discovery abuse subject to review for an abuse of discretion

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