CORTIÑAS, J.
We reverse the trial court's dismissal with prejudice of appellants' case for failure to comply with certain discovery orders. "Because dismissal is the ultimate sanction in the adversarial system, it should be reserved for those aggravating circumstances in which a lesser sanction would fail to achieve a just result." Kozel v. Ostendorf,
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