Dettamanti

FACTS

In 2019, Dettamanti filed an action against Kopcrak and other defendants for damages for assault, battery, false imprisonment, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Kopcrak answered and commenced discovery. In June 2020, Kopcrak served Dettamanti with a request to produce documents. Dettamanti did not “produce any documents.” The trial court scheduled a case management conference. On October 2, 2020, Dettamanti’s counsel failed to appear at that conference. Kopcrak served a second set of requests to produce documents. Again Dettamanti did not respond. Kopcrak served Dettamanti with a notice to appear at a deposition and another request to produce documents. Dettamanti did not appear at that deposition. Again she did not produce documents. In November 2022, the trial court scheduled a case management conference, but Dettamanti did not attend. On November 18, 2022, the trial court found Kopcrak had shown grounds for an order to show cause re dismissal for lack of prosecution. Later in November, the court issued an order to show cause re terminating sanctions because of Dettamanti’s

2. noncompliance with discovery and failure to appear at the case management…