Blackford v. Florida Power & Light Co.

We reverse the order entering final summary judgment against the appellant as a sanction for failing to comply with certain discovery orders. Our review of the record convinces us that the trial court abused its discretion in entering this “most severe of all sanctions which should be employed only in extreme circumstances.” Mercer v. Raine, 443 So.2d 944, 946 (Fla.1983) (emphasis added). Although the trial court specifically found that the plaintiff “willfully disregarded numerous Court Orders regarding the Damage Interrogatories,” the record does not reveal that the plaintiff’s “conduct…