Opinion
December 3, 1998
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Gerald Esposito, J.).
Given defendant's compliance, albeit belated, with the preliminary conference order, which largely incorporated plaintiffs' notice of discovery, it cannot be said that defendant's failure to comply with plaintiffs' discovery demands was willful and contumacious so as to warrant the drastic relief sought by plaintiffs on the motion.
Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Milonas, Tom and Mazzarelli, JJ.