Legal Opinion
Lawrence v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 6, 1998PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In two actions to recover damages, inter alia, for false arrest, which were joined for trial, the plaintiffs in both actions appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Jackson, J.), dated August 11, 1997, which denied their joint motion pursuant to CPLR 3126 to strike the defendants’ answers for their failure to comply with certain court-ordered discovery obligations.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in declining to strike the defendants’ answers in light of the ultimate compliance with the court-ordered…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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