Drejka v. Hitchens Tire Service Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding that dismissal was not appropriate despite the party’s failing to abide by a scheduling order or seek modification of such
• illuminating that the court should weigh certain factors prior to a determination of a sanction of dismissal
• Noting that “[t]he sanction of dismissal is severe and courts are and have been reluctant to apply it except as a last resort.”
• finding that the trial court properly rejected the argument that the production of medical records constituted compliance with the Trial Scheduling Order
• finding no abuse of discretion where the trial court refused to allow plaintiff to compel defendant’s expert to testify over the defendant’s objection
• calling dismissal a “severe” sanction to be employed only “as a last resort.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).