The court providently exercised its discretion in denying plaintiff's motion either to strike defendants' answer or preclude defendants' biomechanical engineer's testimony at trial (see Louise v Hampton Jitney, Inc., 193 A.D.3d 514 [1st Dept 2021]; Rivera v New York City Hous. Auth., 177 A.D.3d 499 [1st Dept 2019]). At this stage of the proceedings, striking the answer or precluding the expert's testimony is too drastic a remedy (see Rutledge v Petrocelli...
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