§ 25A-25. Order for Compliance; Failure to Answer or Comply with Order
§ 25A-25. Order for Compliance; Failure to Answer or Comply with Order
(a)If any party has failed to answer interrogatories or to answer them fairly, or has intentionally answered them falsely or in a manner calculated to mislead, or has failed to respond to requests for production or has failed to comply with the provisions of Section 25a-26, or has failed to appear and to testify at a deposition duly noticed pursuant to this chapter, or has failed otherwise substantially to comply with any other discovery order made pursuant to Sections 13-8, 13-10 except subsection (c), 25a-22, 25a-23 or 25a-24, the judicial authority may make such order as appropriate.
(b)Such orders may include the following:
(1) The entry of a nonsuit or default against the party failing to comply;
(2) The award to the discovering party of the costs of the motion, including a reasonable attorney's fee;
(3) The entry of an order that the matters regarding which the discovery was sought or other designated facts shall be taken to be established for the purposes of the action in accordance with the claim of the party obtaining the order;
(4) The entry of an order prohibiting the party who has failed to comply from introducing designated matters in evidence;
(5) If the party failing to comply is the plaintiff, the entry of a judgment of dismissal.