Upon the record before us, it does not appear that the pro se defendant's conduct was willful and contumacious and, thus, the drastic sanction of striking her answer is not warranted, given the lack of prejudice to plaintiff as a result of defendant's delay in answering the interrogatories (see Pezhman v Department of Educ. of the City of N.Y.,
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