Commonwealth Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n v. Tubero

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• holding that a trial judge must make a specific finding of willfulness before imposing the sanction of dismissal or default
• holding that it is within the trial judge's discretion to order dismissal or default as a sanction for failing to comply with discovery requirements, but the order should contain an explicit finding of willful noncompliance
• holding that a trial court must make an express written finding that a party willfully or deliberately refused to obey a court order before the sanctions of dismissal or default may be imposed against the party under rule 1.380
• reaffirming that a trial judge has the “discretion to order dismissal or default for failure to comply with discovery requirements”
• reaffirming that a trial judge has the “discretion to order dismissal or default for failure to comply with discovery requirements”
• reiterating that when courts impose a sanction of dismissal or default, judges must make \specific findings of fact in support of their rulings\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).