Christian v. Counseling Resource Associates, Inc.

BERGER, Justice:

In this appeal we again consider how to balance the strong policy in favor of deciding cases on the merits against the need to resolve the trial courts’ high volume of cases in a timely manner. The trial court precluded appellants’ experts from testifying at trial because appellants failed to provide the experts’ reports in accordance with the trial scheduling order. Without any expert testimony, appellants’ claims failed as a matter of law, and judgment was entered for appellees. But appellants had requested a conference with the trial court six months before the trial date…