Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The drastic remedy of dismissing a complaint based on the plaintiffs' failure to comply with court-ordered disclosure should be granted only where there is a clear showing that the plaintiffs' conduct was willful and contumacious (see Hutchinson v Langer, 71 A.D.3d 735 [2010]; Brown v Astoria Fed. Sav.,
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