Legal Opinion
Perry v. Sera
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 30, 1993No. 91-CV-1059PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
Appellant, Claudette Perry, challenges the pretrial dismissal of her complaint against appellee, Mary Ellen Sera, for failure to make discovery responses, and the denial of a motion for reconsideration of that dismissal. Appellant argues that the trial court abused its discretion in dismissing the complaint in that 1) the trial court could not sanction appellant under Super.Ct.Civ.R. 37 unless there was first a violation of a motion to compel discovery; 2) there were no circumstances in this case severe enough to warrant dismissal; and 3) the trial court failed to…
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