Devault v. Steven L. Herndon

BAKES, Justice.

Appellant appeals from the trial court’s dismissal of his legal malpractice action, with prejudice, for the failure of appellant to comply with previously issued discovery orders. We affirm.

Appellant brought this action to recover for the alleged malpractice of Stephen Herndon in his prosecution of another case against a third party.1 The complaint in this action was filed January 10,1978. The case was finally set for trial beginning April 13, 1981.

On January 5, 1981, Herndon filed a request for production of the documents used as exhibits in the prior trial against the third…