Legal Opinion
Kihl v. Pfeffer
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 30, 1999PublishedCited by 238 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Kaye.
At issue is the dismissal of a complaint against defendant Honda Motor Co., Inc. for plaintiffs failure to respond to Honda’s interrogatories within court-ordered time frames. We conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing the complaint, and affirm the Appellate Division order so holding.
On July 26, 1995, plaintiff commenced a damages action for personal injuries arising out of a one-car accident six months earlier. Alleging that she was a passenger in a Honda that skidded off a Nassau County roadway in the Town of Oyster Bay,…
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