Waynell C. Burnette v. Teddy Sundeen

OPINION

CHARLES D. SUSANO, JR., J.,

delivered the opinion of the court,

in which HERSCHEL P. FRANKS, P.J., (E.S.), and WILLIAM H. INMAN, SR., J., joined.

In this litigation arising out of an automobile accident, Waynell C. Burnette (“the plaintiff”) filed a motion asking the trial court to sanction Teddy Sundeen and El-hame Dauti (“the defendants”) for a discovery abuse. Acting under the authority of Tenn. R. Civ. P. 37.02, the court entered a judgment by default against both defendants and, in the same order, awarded the plaintiff damages of $100,000. The defendants appeal, contending that they…