Court Opinion

ID: 9677944
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 06:06:21.602397+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:00.450927
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ROSS A. SEARS, Justice,
concurring.
I concur with the majority opinion’s disposition of points of error one, two, and three. However, I dissent from the majority opinion reversing the sanctions against Garry Washington. The majority opinion finds error based on the failure of the trial court to set forth the basis for assessing the sanctions pursuant to Rule 13. That holding conflicts with a prior holding of this court. This court has held that a complaining party waives error by failing to object to the form of the sanctions ordered. See Alexander v. Alexander, 956 S.W.2d 712, 714 (Tex.App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1997, writ denied). The majority states the error was preserved by the substitute attorney asking “which facts where misrepresented,” and cites Rule 33.1 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.
The facts in this appeal are remarkable similar to the facts faced by this court in Alexander. The attorney for Mr. Alexander also requested verbal clarification of the reasons for the imposition of sanctions. As in this appeal, Mr. Alexander’s attorney made no further attempt to have the court specify the basis for the sanction order. Further, as in this appeal, Mr. Alexander’s attorney did not file a written objection or a written motion seeking particularity on the reasons for the sanctions. This court held in Alexander that merely asking a question, without more, was insufficient and the point of error was waived on appeal. Because Jimenez failed to preserve this complaint for review, we cannot consider it.
Accordingly, I would affirm the sanctions against Garry Washington.