Connolly v. Smock

Peterson, Judge.

The trial court sanctioned J. Thomas Connolly III and his counsel, Aaron Chausmer and Chausmer Law LLC (collectively “Appellants”) for eliciting testimony about Jeffrey Smock’s personal life that the court concluded violated a ruling prohibiting the parties from introducing irrelevant character evidence. We granted Appellants’ application for discretionary review to consider whether the trial court erred in sanctioning them. On appeal, Appellants argue that (1) they did not violate the court’s ruling, (2) the court failed to provide sufficient notice of its intent to impose a…