Vermeer of Washington, Inc. v. Jones

¶1 Vermeer of Washington, Inc., d/b/a Vermeer Sales and Service of Montana (Vermeer), appeals from the order entered by the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County, dismissing its complaint with prejudice. We reverse and remand.

¶2 The issue is whether the District Court abused its discretion in dismissing Vermeer’s complaint with prejudice based on Vermeer’s counsel’s failure to attend a scheduling conference.

BACKGROUND

¶3 In early March of2003, Vermeer sued Orville B. Jones, a/k/a Buzz Jones, individually and d/b/a Big Sky Underground Systems (J ones) to collect an alleged debt…