PHIPPS, Judge.
The issues in this case are whether the trial court's dismissal with prejudice of Walter Maupin's counterclaim due to his failure to attend a pre-trial conference and the subsequent judgment in favor of Robert Vincent on his complaint were proper under Uniform State Court Rule 7.1 or Rule 14 or OCGA § 9-11-41(b). We conclude that the trial court's actions were an abuse of discretion and therefore reverse.
On October 1, 1998, Vincent filed...
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