Legal Opinion
Amernational Industries, Inc. v. Action-Tungsram, Inc., Electroexportimport
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 14, 1991No. 90-1050PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILBURN, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant Electroexportimport (“Electro”) appeals from an order denying its motion to set aside a default judgment of approximately $11 million entered in favor of plaintiff-appellee Amernational Industries, Inc., (“Amernational”) as a sanction for failure to comply with Amernational’s discovery request for production of documents. Because we are firmly convinced that the district court abused its discretion, we reverse.
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