Steel Creek Development Corp. v. Smith

COPELAND, Justice.

Plaintiffs have moved this Court to dismiss the appeal due to defendants’ failure to comply with Rule 28(b)(3) of the Rules of Appellate Procedure. Defense counsel has failed to comply with an elementary rule of appellate procedure requiring that he reference the exceptions and assignment(s) of error immediately following each question presented in the brief.

Failure to follow the rules jeopardizes a client’s case and we caution members of the bar to scrupulously follow the rules because appeals are subject to dismissal for such failures. However, this case will be decided on…