Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
A court is authorized to strike the pleadings of a party who "refuses to obey an order for disclosure or wilfully fails to disclose information which the court finds ought to have been disclosed" (CPLR 3126). Striking a pleading is appropriate where a party's conduct in resisting disclosure is shown to be "willful, contumacious, or in bad faith" (Ranfort v Peak Tours,
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