Finally, the court does not find that the conduct of Lloyds and Scottsdale with respect to discovery has been willful, deliberate, or contumacious in a manner necessary to invoke the court's discretion to strike their answers (Hunter Mechanical Corp. v Salkind, 237 AD2d 180, 180 [1st Dept 1997] ["Striking the answer of a party is an 'extreme and drastic penalty,' warranted where the conduct is 'clearly deliberate or contumacious'"]). That portion of Plaintiff's motion is, therefore, denied.