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Fitzgerald v. City of New York

141 A.D.3d 441 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 2016-07-07 English

Judges Concur — Mazzarelli, J.P., Friedman, Andrias, Webber and Gesmer, JJ.

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Michael Fitzgerald, Plaintiff, v City of New York et al., Respondents, and International Contractors Services, LLC, Appellant. City of New York, Third-Party Plaintiff, v A.H. Harris & Sons, Inc., et al., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent, and International Contractors Services, LLC, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.
[33 NYS3d 899]—

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Laura G. Douglas, J.), entered August 4, 2015, which, inter alia, granted the motion of defendant/third-party plaintiff City of New York and cross motion of defendant/third-party defendant A.H. Harris & Sons, Inc. for an order conditionally striking International Contrae-

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tors Services’ third-party answer, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The IAS court providently exercised its discretion in conditionally striking third-party defendant International Contractor Services’ third-party answer based on its repeated failure to comply with discovery directives (see e.g. Loeb v Assara N.Y. I L.P., 118 AD3d 457 , 457 [1st Dept 2014]). We have considered the remaining arguments and find them unavailing.

Concur — Mazzarelli, J.P., Friedman, Andrias, Webber and Gesmer, JJ.

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