Equinox Enterprises Inc. v. Associated Media Incorporated

Associated Media Incorporated (AMI), a Texas corporation, sued Equinox Enterprises, Inc. (Equinox), a California corporation, and its sole officers and shareholders, Randall K. Blake and Thomas A. McCauley, in their individual capacities, for breach of contract, quantum meruit, and slander. The trial court rendered one final default judgment against Equinox, Blake, and McCauley, holding all three defendants jointly and severally liable for the entire amount of the judgment. The basis of the default judgment against Blake and McCauley, both of whom are California residents, was their failure to file an answer. The judgment against Equinox resulted when the trial court struck Equinoxs answer, after a hearing on a motion for discovery sanctions against Equinox, for failing to comply with proper discovery requests. In two points of error, Equinox, Blake, and McCauley contend that the trial court erred in overruling their motion for new trial. We disagree. Accordingly, we affirm.