Northern Leasing Systems, Inc. v. Estate of Turner

The motion court providently exercised its discretion in sanctioning defendants. Defendants’ willful and contumacious refusal to cooperate with the discovery process can be inferred from two years of noncompliance with plaintiffs requests and defendants’ failure to comply with three court orders directing defendants to produce documents and warning them of sanctions (see Glasburgh v Port Auth. of N.Y. & N.J., 193 AD2d 441 [1993]; Fish & Richardson, P.C. v Schindler, 75 AD3d 219 [2010]).

Defendants’ argument that plaintiffs failure to include an affirmation of good faith pursuant to 22 NYCRR…