Shannon v. Figueroa

In an action to recover damages for wrongful death and conscious pain and suffering, defendant Compass Foreign Auto Parts, Inc., appeals (1) as limited by its brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, dated April 1, 1980, as granted plaintiff’s motion, inter alia, to strike the appellant’s answer, to the extent of resolving the issue raised by its fifth affirmative defense in favor of plaintiff as a sanction for failure to comply with a prior disclosure order of the same court dated December 18, 1979, and (2) from a further order of the same court dated June 26,…