CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Deen

MlKELL, Judge.

In this personal injury action, the trial court ordered CSX Transportation, Inc. (“CSXT”), to pay $25,500 in attorney fees to Patricia D. Deen as a sanction for its discovery abuses. The order was entered after this Court reversed the trial court’s denial of CSXT’s motion for summary judgment in CSX Transp. v. Deen (“CSXT I”)1 and remitted the case to the trial court. CSXT contends that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to enter the order requiring it to pay the expenses. We disagree and affirm.

As stated in CSXT I, this case arose out of an automobile accident in which Deen,…