Daugherty v. State

Plaintiff, personal representative of the estate of Vincent Daugherty, deceased, and brother of the decedent, appeals as of right from an order of the Court of Claims which dismissed plaintiffs action for failure to comply with an order of discovery. On appeal, plaintiff argues that the trial judge abused his discretion in granting defendant’s motion to dismiss. We disagree and affirm.

This case has been before this Court on two prior occasions. In Daugherty v Michigan, 91 Mich App 658; 283 NW2d 825 (1979), this Court reversed an accelerated judgment which had been granted by the lower court…