Law 75 case dismissed as a sanction for discovery abuses

In Skytec, Inc. v. Logistics Systems, Inc., 2018 WL 4372726 (D.P.R. September 12, 2018)(BJM), the dealer sued the principal for impairment under Law 75 and the principal counterclaimed both for breach of contract and implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. The record supports multiple violations by the dealer of its discovery obligations to answer interrogatories and produce documents, including repeated missed deadlines by months and violations of court orders after warnings that failure to comply would result in severe sanctions.

The dealer's own doings fatally set it up for what was bound to happen: a dismissal of the Law 75 claims with prejudice and an entry of default on the counterclaim.