Carlson Heating, Inc. v. Onchuck

Carlson Heating, Inc., appeals from a judgment dismissing its complaint seeking payment for labor and materials furnished to Dale Onchuck. The trial court dismissed the complaint after Carlson’s counsel failed to comply with a pretrial order requiring him to furnish Dale Onchuck with a list of all lay and expert witnesses intended to be called at trial. Onchuck timely furnished his list of lay and expert witnesses to Carlson’s counsel.

Carlson raises two issues on appeal:

I Does the trial court have the authority at the time of pretrial to order the parties to exchange the names of the lay…