AMERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES v. ACTION-TUNGSRAM, INC.

No. 90-1050.

925 F.2d 970 (1991)

AMERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ACTION-TUNGSRAM, INC., Defendant, Electroexportimport, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 14, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Vestevich and William J. Lamping, argued, Vestevich, Dritsa, Evans & Becker, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., and Christopher A. Payne, Stradley, Schmidt, Stephens & Wright, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

David H. Paruch (argued), Clark, Klein & Beaumont, Detroit, Mich., for defendant and defendant-appellant.

Before KEITH and MILBURN, Circuit Judges, and CONTIE, Senior Circuit Judge.


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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