Cheek v. Poole

GREENE, Judge.

Richard G. Cheek (plaintiff) appeals from the trial court’s order, in which the trial court determined that plaintiff violated the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure regarding discovery and, as a sanction, dismissed plaintiffs action with prejudice.

*372Plaintiff filed an action against Samuel H. Poole and Johnson, Poole, Webster & Bost (defendants) on 9 September 1987, alleging legal malpractice, and filed a voluntary dismissal of that action on 4 October 1993. During the pendency of plaintiffs first action, plaintiff failed to comply with discovery requests by defendant and a…