Order reversed, without costs or disbursements, and preference vacated.
On this record, the court improvidently exercised its discretion in granting a special preference. "A court cannot make a finding of bad faith under CPLR 3403 simply because it disagrees with the amount which the defendant has offered for settlement" (Turturro v Stevens,
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