Paules v. Sminkey

CERCONE, President Judge:

Occasionally, our courts are faced with situations wherein the spirit underlying our rules of civil procedure is obviated by some members of the bar, and as a result, the goal of providing for the swift, orderly, and efficient administration of justice is often obstructed. Far too frequently counsel for litigants discredit the objective of court rules in order to obtain unfair advantage over their adversaries. For in stance, under the rule which provides for the taking of default judgments, we cannot condone the course of conduct followed by counsel for appellee in…