Harwood v. Great American Management & Investment, Inc.

Shulman, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is from an order dismissing appellants’ complaint as a sanction for failing to answer interrogatories. The dismissal was entered pursuant to Code Ann. § 81A-137 (b) (2) (C) (OCGA § 9-11-37 (b)(2) (C)). The trial court had already issued an order compelling appellants to supplement previous answers to interrogatories. When no supplementation was filed, the trial court granted appellees’ motion to dismiss.

Appellants’ first enumeration of error is that the trial court erred in imposing the harsh sanction of dismissal without first conducting a hearing. We…