In light of defendant Derez's failure to timely and satisfactorily explain its longstanding noncompliance with the court's direction that it produce a knowledgeable witness for deposition, the motion court justifiably concluded that Derez was willfully frustrating the conduct of discovery and properly granted plaintiff's motion to strike Derez's answer (see, Seamon v Apel,
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