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3. Other remedies

In accordance with Rules 26 and 37 of the Colo. R. Civ. P., trial courts have broad discretion to fashion sanctions for non-compliance with discovery rules. Prefer v. Pharm-NetRx, LLC,18 P.3d 844 (Colo. App. 2000). The sanctions range from fines to dismissal of claims. The sanction of dismissal of claims is only appropriate for willful or deliberate disobedience of discovery rules. Id.