Alaska Supreme Court July 26, 2002, S-9980 (DeNardo v. ABC Inc. RVs Motorhomes)

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OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

■ “It is precisely because outright failures to respond to discovery halt the case development process dead in its tracks, and threaten the underpinnings of the discovery, system, that [Rule 37] authorizes ... courts, in responding to this kind of misconduct, ... to impose in the first instance any of a wide range of sanctions.