Loftin v. Gulf Contracting Co.

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• vacating sanctions because appellant was not allowed a meaningful opportunity to explain his actions at a hearing
• vacating sanctions because appellant was not allowed a meaningful opportunity to explain his actions at a hearing
• Before imposing the ultimate sanction, the trial court must afford the party against whom sanctions are sought an opportunity to explain the relevant circumstances.
• trial court abused its discretion when, at hearing on sanctions motion, it refused to allow the offending party to explain the reasons for his failure to comply with discovery
• drastic sanctions are appropriate for wilful or conscious disregard of an order compelling discovery
• A party’s conscious or intentional failure to act may constitute the necessary wilfulness

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).