Asato v. Dunn

These consolidated cases arose out of a dispute between plaintiffs and defendants concerning two limited partnerships organized to invest in real estate. The trial court dismissed plaintiffs’ claims as a sanction for discovery-violations and awarded defendants an enhanced prevailing party fee. On appeal, plaintiffs make five assignments of error challenging various trial court rulings. We write only to address the first and fifth assignments and reject the others without discussion. We conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing plaintiffs’ claims or in awarding…