Siegel v. Smith

OPINION

BUTTS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a trial court’s dismissal of a suit as a sanction for discovery abuse.

Sharon Siegel, a cardiovascular surgeon now practicing in California, filed suit on November 13, 1990, against Smith and Kelly, individually and doing business as Car-diothoracic Surgical Associates, alleging breach of an employment contract. Siegel was served on March 28, 1991, with a notice of intention to take her oral deposition on April 12. The defendants agreed to *194reschedule when Siegel’s counsel advised that the date was inconvenient.

Defense counsel served Siegel’s…