Opinion ID: 1408147
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: McCarty matter

Text: McCarty represented plaintiffs in a suit against Triem and two other defendants. Triem represented himself and the other defendants until he was disqualified by the judge on a motion by McCarty. [3] Around May 16, 1991, the court ordered defendants to make certain discovery responses. On May 31 Triem drafted a letter to McCarty stating that the ordered discovery was enclosed. On June 4 Triem added a postscript to this letter, which stated in part: I did not mail out the enclosures (PAS discovery responses) until yesterday's mail. Because of the volume of the discovery responses, and the expense of sending them by that route, I have not sent them to you by fax. However, if you want me to do so, please give [me] a call and I'll put them through the phone to you. Otherwise they will be arriving by mail, where I deposited them on my way out yesterday afternoon. Triem faxed this letter and postscript to McCarty's office on June 4. Upon receipt of this fax, McCarty called Triem's office and requested that the discovery responses be faxed. Triem did not fax the responses to McCarty, and did not notify McCarty that they would not be faxed. Sometime on June 4 Triem retrieved from the post office the package containing the discovery responses. Triem did not notify McCarty that he had retrieved the package from the mail. McCarty never received the discovery responses. Due to their failure to comply with discovery orders, the trial judge later defaulted Triem and the other defendants.