CORTIÑAS, J.
We reverse the trial court's final default judgment and order striking pleadings as a sanction for failure to comply with certain disclosure deadlines. "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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