TROENDLE v. HANSON

No. 96-1560.

570 N.W.2d 753 (1997)

Michelle TROENDLE and Gladys Troendle, Appellants, v. Dale HANSON and Ruth Shafer, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 26, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce L. Braley of Dutton, Braun, Staack, Hellman & Iversen, P.L.C., Waterloo, for appellants.

David L. Riley and Karla J. Shea of Yagla, McCoy & Riley, P.L.C., Waterloo, for appellees.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LAVORATO, NEUMAN, ANDREASEN, and TERNUS, JJ.


TERNUS, Justice.

In this appeal, the plaintiffs challenge the district court's imposition of the ultimate discovery sanction—dismissal. In three separate court orders, the district court directed the plaintiffs to respond to discovery requests propounded by the defendants. Notwithstanding the court's directives, the plaintiffs' attorney failed to obtain his clients' responses to discovery until the eve of trial, almost one full year after the requests were...

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