Opinion
November 23, 1998
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Winick, J.).
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with one bill of costs payable to the respondents appearing separately and filing separate briefs.
The Supreme Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in conditionally granting the motion and cross motion to strike the appellant's answer since the appellant has disappeared or made himself unavailable for scheduled examinations before trial ( see, Cavallino v. Sonsky, 251 A.D.2d 361; Dash v. DK Tr., 239 A.D.2d 313; Rowe v. Lee Gee Sook, 224 A.D.2d 404; Boera v. Batz, 236 A.D.2d 349; Spataro v. Ervin, 186 A.D.2d 793).
Mangano, P. J., Joy, Friedmann and Goldstein, JJ., concur.