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VERNELL v. GOULD

No. 84-53.

495 A.2d 306 (1985)

Rosemarie VERNELL, et al., Appellants, v. Kingdon GOULD, Jr., et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 10, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Vernell, Sunny Isles, Fla., with whom J. Brian Tansey, Riverdale, Md., was on the brief, for appellants.

Allen E. Hirschmann, Washington, D.C., for appellees.

Before NEBEKER, MACK and ROGERS, Associate Judges.

ROGERS, Associate Judge:

On appeal from a dismissal of their wrongful eviction action for failure to comply with a discovery order under Super.Ct. Civ.R. 37, appellants1 contend the trial court abused its discretion by imposing the sanction of dismissal. We agree and reverse.

I

Appellants filed a complaint for wrongful eviction and destruction of property on November 30, 1982, following their eviction from commercial...

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