Sullivan v. Nigro
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for medical malpractice, the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Tanenbaum, J.), dated February 16, 2007, which denied their motion, in effect, to enforce a self-executing order of the same court (Cohalan, J.), dated July 26, 2006, striking the answer of the defendant Huntington Hospital Associates unless discovery demands were complied with.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
Actions should be resolved on the merits wherever possible, and the nature and degree of the penalty to be imposed upon noncompliance with…
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