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Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Beatrice Shainswit, J.), entered on or about November 1, 1995, which, insofar as appealed from, denied third-party plaintiffs motion to have certain matters sought to be admitted by two notices to admit
The court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in denying third-party plaintiffs motion for reasonable expenses for the third-party defendants’ failure to respond to the notices to admit under CPLR 3123 and choosing to defer that matter, as provided by statute, to the conclusion of the trial. Nor was it an abuse of its discretion to deny sanctions authorized under 22 NYCRR part 130 or under CPLR 3103, or to otherwise order costs and/or attorneys’ fees at this time (see, Lipin v Bender, 84 NY2d 562 , 570). Concur—Milonas, J. P., Rosenberger, Rubin, Williams and Andrias, JJ.
Cases cited
- Lipin v. Bender 84 NY2d 562 at 570 p. 309