Ross Dress for Less Virginia, Inc. v. Castro

WELLS, Judge.

Ross Dress for Less Virginia, Inc., and U.S. Security Associates, Inc., seek certio-rari relief from an order holding them in contempt and sanctioning them for discovery violations by imposing a $200 a day fine; striking their pleadings; entering a default against them; and allowing an amendment to the complaint against them to include “by interlineation” a claim for punitive damages. On the analysis outlined below, we grant the petition and quash the order under review in its entirety. Additionally we note what transpired here was a textbook case of the tail wagging the dog.…