Beckert v. Wallace

VOGEL, Judge.

The plaintiff has a judgment against the defendant in the amount of $41,471.22, of which $19,000 is actual damages, $19,000 punitive damages, and the balance interest and costs. The judgment was obtained by default after the answer and counterclaim of the defendant was stricken because of the defendant’s complete failure to comply with an order of the court for discovery made on May 15, 1973, more than three months prior to the entry of the judgment, on August 21, 1973. The action arose out of a contract by the defendant to write a book about the plaintiff. He obtained $19,000 in…