Imposition of Sanctions in Alt v. Cline

¶ 1. Ernesto L. Acosta, M.D. and his attorney, George Burnett, appeal a decision of the court of appeals requiring Dr. Acosta *79to answer a certain question posed to him at a deposition and affirming sanctions on Burnett for instructing Dr. Acosta not to answer it. Burnett claims that the question posed required the expert opinion of Dr. Acosta and that Dr. Acosta, although an expert, was not required to answer it. He argues that the sanctions were an erroneous exercise of the circuit court's discretion because he was substantially justified in directing his client not to answer. We agree.…