Legal Opinion
Mills v. Ducille
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 25, 1991PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for wrongful death, the defendant Paul Herbert Ducille appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Williams, J.), dated August 14, 1989, which granted the plaintiff’s motion to strike his answer, severed the action against the remaining defendant, and set the matter down for an assessment of damages against him.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The appellant adjourned an examination before trial pursuant to notice on four occasions, and, following the plaintiff’s motion to compel an examination before trial, disobeyed a court order…
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