Walton v. Throgmorton

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• holding that dismissal as discovery sanction for the failure of the plaintiff to take the depositions of the defendant and defense counsel’s secretary before discovery deadline was improper because there was no indication that discovery was thwarted by plaintiff
• “[t]he facts in this record show a disregard for the court’s authority, but without some notice to Walton that a dismissal was imminent, we cannot find that the dismissal was used only as a last resort”

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