Parente v. New York Times

—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of (1) an order of the Supreme Court, *411Queens County (Colar, J.), dated May 26, 2000, as granted the plaintiffs’ motion to strike their answer and, upon directing the conclusion of discovery on the issue of damages, in effect, granted that branch of their cross motion which was to compel the physical examination of the injured plaintiff, and (2) an order of the same court, dated December 18, 2000, as, upon reargument, adhered to the prior determination.

Ordered that the appeal…