Matone v. Sycamore Realty Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
It is not an improvident exercise of discretion for a court to strike a party’s pleading based upon a willful and contumacious failure to comply with discovery demands or orders {see Rock *1114City Sound, Inc. v Bashian & Farber, LLP, 83 AD3d 685 [2011]; cf. Lomax v Rochdale Vil., Inc., 76 AD3d 999 [2010]; Moray v City of Yonkers, 76 AD3d 618, 619 [2010]; Cobenas v Ginsburg Dev. Cos., LLC, 74 AD3d 1269, 1270 [2010]). “ ‘Willful and. contumacious conduct may be inferred from a party’s repeated failure to comply with court-ordered discovery, coupled with inadequate explanations for the failures to…
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