SARACH, STEPHEN v. M&T BANK CORPORATION

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Catherine R. Nugent Panepinto, J.), entered May 28, 2015. The order granted plaintiff’s motion to strike defendant’s answer and affirmative defenses.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is modified on the law by vacating the sanctions imposed and reinstating the answer and affirmative defenses, and plaintiff is granted an adverse inference charge as a sanction under CPLR 3126, and as modified the order is affirmed without costs in accordance with the following memorandum: Plaintiff commenced this action on March 1, 2012,…