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B.E.N. Trading Corp. v. Shirley Import, Inc.

68 A.D.3d 629 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 2009-12-22 English

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p. 629
B.E.N. Trading Corp., Plaintiff, v Shirley Import, Inc., et al., Defendants/Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants. Binyamin Abadi et al., Third-Party Defendants-Respondents.
[890 NYS2d 323]
p. 630
Defendants’ failure to offer a reasonable excuse for their noncompliance with discovery demands, court orders and the court’s rules gives rise to an inference of willful and contumacious conduct (Siegman v Rosen, 270 AD2d 14 , 15 [2000]). The striking of their answer and third-party complaint was a proper exercise of judicial discretion in light of such conduct (CPLR 3126; see Kihl v Pfeffer, 94 NY2d 118 , 123 [1999]). Concur— Sweeny, J.P., Catterson, Renwick, Freedman and Abdus-Salaam, JJ.

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