Herold v. Computer Components International, Inc.

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• holding trial court exceeded its proper discretion in dismissing case where plaintiff attempted to comply with order and sought to explain inability to do so
• Not entirely responsive answers are to be distinguished from refusal to comply with an order compelling a party to answer
• dismissal as a sanction “should be imposed only” where a violation has been committed with a “willful disregard of or gross indifference to an order of the court”
• “In the case where a party refuses to answer, a mere failure to comply with an order of the court compelling an answer may result in sanctions under Rule 1.380 and no willful disregard or deliberate intent to disobey is required to be shown.”

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