Irwin v. Blake’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““Rule 37(b)(2)(C), Ala. R. Civ. P., authorizes the trial court to enter a default judgment against a party who fails to comply with a discovery order. In Iverson v. Xpert Tune, Inc., 553 So.2d 82, 87 (Ala.1989), the Court stated: “ ‘We recognize that the sanction of dismissal is the most severe sanction that a court may apply [against- a plaintiff]. Judicial discretion must be carefully exercised to assure that the situation warrants the imposition of such a sanction.... We have held that “willfulness” on the part of the noncomplying party is a key factor supporting a dismissal. If one party has acted with willful and deliberate disregard of reasonable and necessary requests for the efficient administration of justice, the application of even so stringent a sanction as dismissal is fully justified....”’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
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