Jeannie Newman v. Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• ruling that plaintiff’s failure to comply with court orders is properly sanctioned by dismissal of suit
• holding that failure to participate in the pretrial process is a ground for default judgment
• holding that failure to participate in the pretrial process is a ground for default judgment
• upholding dismissal without prior sanction where \pattern of noncompliance with the court’s discovery orders [had] emerge[d]\
• upholding dismissal of suit where plaintiff repeatedly failed to appear for deposition and failed to comply with written discovery deadline
• “as soon as a pattern of noncompliance with the court’s discovery orders emerges, the judge is entitled to act with swift decision”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).