EPSTEIN, J.
The trial court imposed terminating sanctions for misuse of discovery and violations of court orders after it became evident that plaintiffs had incorporated a forged contract in their complaint, had refused to allow the completion of a principal's deposition after the forgery came to light, and had destroyed evidence. We recount the activities of the sanctioned party in detail to illustrate a kind of discovery abuse that is intolerable in civil litigation...
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