Holt v. Webster

OPINION

LEWIS, Judge.

The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether the Trial Judge abused his discretion in dismissing plaintiffs’ suit for failure to timely and completely comply with discovery.

The pertinent facts are as follows:

Plaintiffs Alice Holt and husband, William Holt, on October 4, 1977, filed their complaint alleging that defendant Dr. B. H. Webster negligently treated Mrs. Holt for an injury to her left leg. On November 7, 1977, defendant answered denying all material allegations of the complaint.

So far as the record discloses there was no activity in this case until early…