Ordered that the interlocutory judgment is affirmed, with costs.
Although actions should be resolved on the merits where possible, a court may strike the answer of a defendant for failure to comply with court-ordered discovery where there is a clear showing that the noncompliance is willful and contumacious (see CPLR 3126 [3]; Moray v City of Yonkers,
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