Legal Opinion
Rivers v. Almand
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided December 16, 1999No. A99A1769PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, Judge.
To sanction plaintiff Mary Rivers for her total noncompliance with the discovery process, the trial court dismissed her complaint with prejudice, cast costs upon her, and awarded $500 in attorney fees. On appeal, Rivers seeks to challenge the order dismissing her case. We affirm.
Rivers instituted a personal injury lawsuit against James Almand in July 1998. Almand answered and served interrogatories and requests for production of documents on August 12, 1998. When Rivers completely failed to respond, Almand’s counsel wrote a letter dated September 21, 1998, inquiring as to whether…
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- Tompkins v. McMickleCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
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