Legal Opinion
Avionic Company v. General Dynamics Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 21, 1992No. 91-1095PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Avionic Company appeals from the district court’s 1 dismissal pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 37(b)(2) of Count I of Avionic’s suit against General Dynamics Corporation. The district court dismissed Avionic’s claim as a sanction for its president’s failure to answer deposition questions. Avionic claims this was error because: (1) there was no prior order compelling Avionic’s president to answer the deposition questions; (2) the failure was not willful; (3) there was not the requisite prejudice to General Dynamics from the failure to answer the questions; (4) the…
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