Ridgaway v. Mount Vernon Fire Ins. Co.

The plaintiffs, William P. Ridgaway, Sr., for himself individually as the father of his deceased son, William P. Ridgaway, Jr. (decedent), and as administrator of his son's estate, and Rita Grant, for herself individually as the decedent's mother, appeal from the judgment of nonsuit rendered against them by the trial court based upon their counsel's failure to comply with the court's order that they file a copy of a confidential settlement agreement in a related lawsuit, which counsel claimed to have prevented them from complying voluntarily with certain discovery requests filed in this case…