Mack v. National Constructors, Inc.

The defendants below, Arthur Mack and NMC Investment Associates, appeal from an order striking their pleadings and entering a default. We affirm.

In Mercer v. Raine, 443 So.2d 944 (Fla.1983), the Florida Supreme Court stated that:

the striking of pleadings or entering a default for noncompliance with an order compelling discovery is the most severe of all sanctions which should be employed only in extreme circumstances. A deliberate and contumacious disregard of the court’s authority will justify application of this severest of sanctions, as will bad faith, willful disregard or gross…