Fletcher v. Dakota, Inc.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Eileen A. Rakower, J.), entered May 29, 2013, which granted defendants’ motion for an order striking plaintiffs’ cause of action for defamation to the extent of precluding plaintiffs from offering evidence not timely disclosed regarding that claim, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

In this action alleging discrimination and defamation in connection with a failed attempt to purchase a cooperative apartment, the court properly precluded plaintiffs to the extent indicated. Willfulness and contumaciousness can be inferred from what the motion court called…