Wright v. Mount Vernon Hospital

*874As a sanction against a party who “refuses to obey an order for disclosure or willfully fails to disclose information which the court finds ought to have been disclosed,” a court may issue an order, inter alia, “prohibiting the disobedient party . . . from producing in evidence designated things or items of testimony,” or “striking out pleadings” (CPLR 3126 [2], [3]). Here, the plaintiff’s willful and contumacious conduct can be inferred from the plaintiffs repeated failure to comply with orders directing that her deposition be commenced or completed by a date certain, the plaintiffs…