Porter v. Eastern Airlines, Inc.

Sognier, Judge.

In separate complaints, Porter (by her next friend Dein) and Dein sued Eastern Air Lines, Inc. (Eastern) for loss of personal property. Pursuant to OCGA § 9-11-37 (formerly Code Ann. § 81A-137), the trial court dismissed the complaints for appellants’ failure to answer Eastern’s interrogatories. Porter and Dein appeal.

1. Appellants contend that the trial court erred in granting Eastern’s motion to dismiss because appellants did not intentionally fail to comply with discovery. Appellants argue that they attempted to file their answers to the interrogatories propounded to them by…