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Abildgaard v. Van Den Brulle

Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department, New York.
Dec 15, 2015
2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 51823 (N.Y. App. Term 2015)

Opinion

No. 570736/15.

12-15-2015

David ABILDGAARD, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. Craig VAN DEN BRULLE and Capitol Furnishings, Inc., Defendants–Respondents.


Order (James E. d'Auguste, J.), entered on or about December 5, 2014, affirmed, with $10 costs.

Civil Court providently exercised its discretion in granting a preclusion order, where plaintiff failed to furnish the original “debt acknowledgment” document in response to defendant's discovery demand and the parties' stipulation, and subsequently claimed that document became lost (see Summit Waterproofing & Restoration Corp. v. Scarsdale Country Estates Owners, 228 A.D.2d 431 [1996] ; Christian v. City of New York, 269 A.D.2d 135 [2000] ). The nature and degree of penalty, if any, to be imposed by a court pursuant to CPLR 3126, is a matter lying squarely within the discretion of the trial court (see Cherry v. Herbert & Co., 212 A.D.2d 203, 209 [1995] ), and we discern no abuse of discretion here in that regard.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE COURT.

I concur.


Summaries of

Abildgaard v. Van Den Brulle

Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department, New York.
Dec 15, 2015
2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 51823 (N.Y. App. Term 2015)
Case details for

Abildgaard v. Van Den Brulle

Case Details

Full title:David ABILDGAARD, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. Craig VAN DEN BRULLE and Capitol…

Court:Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department, New York.

Date published: Dec 15, 2015

Citations

2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 51823 (N.Y. App. Term 2015)
29 N.Y.S.3d 846