Legal Opinion
Athanasiou v. First National City Bank US Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 25, 1996PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CPLR 3126 allows the court to "make such orders * * * as are just”, including an order striking out pleadings when a party willfully disobeys a discovery order. However, "[t]he drastic sanction of unconditionally striking an answer * * * should not be invoked unless the resisting party’s default is clearly shown to be deliberate and contumacious” (Nudelman v New York City Tr. Auth., 172 AD2d 503; see, Tschernia v Embanque Capital Corp., 161 AD2d 585, 586-587; Read v Dickson, 150 AD2d 543, 544). On this record, the plaintiffs failed to clearly show that the defendant willfully and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Read v. DicksonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- Nudelman v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- Tschernia v. Embanque Capital Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- Williams v. BryantAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
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