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Two Recent Decisions Imposing Sanctions for Discovery Failures

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The circuit court then prohibited Mr. Etame from presenting any evidence and struck his pleadings, including counterclaims. Benton filed suit, Hartley Hall propounded interrogatories and document requests. The circuit court found them to be non-responsive and again ordered him to provide specific responses. He failed to comply.

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Another Cinderella Situation –Motion Denied as Untimely?

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Defendants counterclaimed. The “Rules of Procedure are the lawyer’s compass and serve to help him [or her] steer through the narrows of pleading, pass the rocks of default, around the shoals of limitation, and safely into the harbor of judgment. In Fiskars Finland OY AB v. Woodland Tools Inc., 2024 WL 2504717 (W.D.