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GEORGIS v. SCARPA

226 N.J. Super. 244 (1988)

543 A.2d 1043

CONNIE GEORGIS, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. JAMES RALPH SCARPA, JR., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided July 6, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pancari, Zerella, Tedesco & Pancari, attorneys for appellant (Vincent J. Pancari, on the brief).

Davidow, Sherman & Eddowes, attorneys for respondent (David J. Eddowes, on the brief).

Before Judges KING, GRUCCIO and D'ANNUNZIO.

The opinion of the court was delivered by GRUCCIO, J.A.D.

Defendant James Ralph Scarpa, Jr., appeals the denial of a motion to vacate a default judgment entered against him for $170,000. The issue is whether the drastic sanction of dismissal should be imposed upon defendant as a result of a 92-day delay in answering interrogatories. The underlying policy concerns the traditional conflict between judicial efficiency and substantive justice. Dismissal of defendant's...

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