Legal Opinion
OKMULGEE COUNTY FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER, INC. v. MACKEY
Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided March 9, 2017No. Case Number: 114160Published
1Opinion of the Court
P. THOMAS THORNBRUGH, VICE-CHIEF JUDGE:
¶ 1 Defendant, Danette Mackey, appeals the order and judgment of the District Court of Okmulgee County, entered on June 30, 2016, granting Plaintiff, Okmulgee County Family Resources Center, Inc. (OCFRC), default judgment and damages, together with attorney fees and costs, as a discovery sanction. On review, 1 we hold that the district court abused its discretion by (1) granting a default judgment of liability as a sanction for the claimed discovery violation in the absence of a viable order compelling Mackey to answer prior to the imposition of…
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