Harris v. Soley, 2000 ME 150 (2000)

Citation: Harris v. Soley, 2000 ME 150 (2000)
Parent Document: Harris v. Soley, 2000 ME 150 (2000)
Jurisdiction: Maine (state)
Effective Date: 2000-07-28
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1922039/harris-v-soley/ ↗

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[¶6] On June 18, 1998, the tenants brought suit against the defendants in a complaint that included claims for conversion, intentional infliction of emotional distress, punitive damages, breach of contract, wrongful-eviction, and wrongful retention of a security deposit. The court set a discovery deadline of February 1, 1999. As discovery proceeded, Soley repeatedly failed to comply with appropriate discovery requests, failed to make the apartment available for inspection, and, later, failed to make witnesses available for deposition. Eventually, the tenants filed a motion to compel discovery: The parties reached agreement on certain aspects of discovery and the court entered an order compelling the delivery of documentary discovery by December 20. When the defendants did not comply with that order, the court sanctioned the defendants by entering judgment against them on all counts, leaving only the matter of damages for trial. When Soley again failed to comply with damage-related discovery requests, the court precluded him from offering certain evidence in the trial on damages.

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