National Front Page, LLC v. State Ex Rel. Pryor

Annabelle Clinton Imber, Judge.

This case calls into question a circuit court’s authority under Ark. R. Civ. P. 37(d) (2002) to issue sanctions, including a default judgment, based on a party’s failure to timely respond to discovery requests. The appellants, National Front Page, LLC, and Curtis E. Venn, individually and as owner and operator of National Front Page (hereinafter referred to as “NFP”), contend that the circuit court abused its discretion in granting default judgment after they not only failed to respond to interrogatories and requests for production, but also after they (a)…