It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum:
Supreme Court properly denied plaintiffs' motion to strike defendant's answer for failure to comply with the court's prior order directing discovery. "[T]he harsh remedy of striking an answer should be granted only where it is conclusively shown that the discovery default was deliberate or contumacious" (Gadley v U.S. Sugar Co....
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