Rlbb Acquisition, LLC v. Baer

Branch, Judge.

After a trial court granted defendant William Baer’s motion to compel plaintiff RLBB Acquisition, LLC (“RLBB”) to comply with Baer’s discovery requests, Baer moved for sanctions for RLBB’s failure to comply with the trial court’s order, including the dismissal of RLBB’s complaint. The trial court granted Baer’s motion for sanctions and dismissed RLBB’s complaint with prejudice. On appeal, RLBB argues that the trial court abused its discretion when it imposed the extreme sanction of dismissal because the evidence did not show that RLBB blatantly or willfully failed to comply with…