Garden-Aire Village Sea Haven, Inc. v. Decker

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• noting that dismissal or default is rarely appropriate when the record does not reflect a willful refusal to comply with the court's order
• \A sanction must be commensurate with the violation... . [T]his remedy [default] was inappropriate where compliance had already occurred.\
• When failure to comply with court order is due to confusion or inability rather than gross indifference, default judgment should not be entered against noncomplying party.
• “When failure to comply with a court order is due to confusion or inability rather than gross indifference, a default ... should not be entered against the noncomplying party.”
• \[a] sanction must be commensurate with the violation\

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