Vincent v. Preiser

McHUGH, Justice:

This case is before this Court upon appeal from a final order 1 of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, West Virginia [hereinafter, “the trial court”] imposing monetary sanctions of $7,400.00 for contempt of court resulting from failure to furnish matter pursuant to discovery orders. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm the finding of contempt but reverse the imposition of the particular monetary sanctions and remand this case for further proceedings consistent herewith.

I. Facts

The tortuous history of the discovery process in this case, including the course of conduct of…