Lbl Oil Company D/b/a Lbl Gas Systems, Petitioner v. International Power Services, Inc., Respondent

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court reversed the appellate court's affirmation of a default judgment because the defendant received no notice of the default motion hearing, violating due process under the Fourteenth Amendment as articulated in Peralta and Lopez. The court remanded the case to the trial court and declined to endorse default judgments against an individual defendant using a corporate name without amended pleadings.