Schoney v. Memorial Estates, Inc.

OPINION

Before BILLINGS, GARFF and ORME, JJ. ORME, Judge:

Plaintiffs, the Schoneys, 1 appeal from the trial court’s judgment in favor of defendant Memorial Estates. The judgment was based on two independent grounds: 1) Summary judgment on the merits and 2) default judgment for failure to respond timely to a discovery request. We affirm as to the default judgment and accordingly have no need to consider the propriety of the summary judgment.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

This case involves a long-standing dispute over a contract for mausoleum space and other “pre-need” funeral arrangements. The procedural…