Ordered that the order is reversed, as a matter of discretion, with costs, the motion is denied, and the answer is reinstated.
"Although the nature and degree of the penalty to be imposed pursuant to CPLR 3126 is generally a matter left to the sound discretion of the trial court, the penalty of striking an answer for failure to disclose is extreme and should only be levied where the failure has been willful or contumacious" (Brennan v McCarthy,
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