Rivers v. Embassy Club
| Decision Date | 26 September 1994 |
| Citation | 616 N.Y.S.2d 988,207 A.D.2d 876 |
| Parties | Amelia RIVERS, Appellant, v. EMBASSY CLUB, Respondent (and a Third-Party Action). |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Goldman & Goldman, New York City (Steven F. Goldman of counsel), for appellant.
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Gurahian, J.), entered November 6, 1992, which granted the defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3126 for failure to comply with discovery.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
We find that the Supreme Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in dismissing the plaintiff's complaint pursuant to CPLR 3126. The plaintiff exhibited willful and contumacious conduct in failing to comply with repeated demands for disclosure and in failing to comply with several court orders compelling full and adequate disclosure (see, Zletz v. Wetanson, 67 N.Y.2d 711, 713, 499 N.Y.S.2d 933, 490 N.E.2d 852; Lobo Equities v. North Riv. Ins. Co., 124 A.D.2d 647, 508 N.Y.S.2d 33; Anteri v. NRS Constr. Corp., 117 A.D.2d 696, 697-698, 498 N.Y.S.2d 435; Brandi v. Chan, 151 A.D.2d 853, 854, 542 N.Y.S.2d 827; Henderson v. Stilwell, 116 A.D.2d 861, 862-863, 498 N.Y.S.2d 183).
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