Answer Stricken

In Wagman v Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York Presbyterian, No. 160709/21, 2022-05622, 771, M-3778, 2023 N.Y. Slip Op. 05214, 2023 WL 6626886 (N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept., Oct. 12, 2023), the court unanimously affirmed the lower court’s Order granting plaintiff’s motion, pursuant to CPLR 3126, to strike defendants’ answer for spoliation of evidence. In this…

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A recent decision, Dominguez v. Malecon Shipping, Inc., 2022 NY Slip Op 07221 (N.Y. App. Div. 2nd Dept. Dec. 21, 2022), illustrates what happens, procedurally, when a defendant’s answer is stricken. From the decision: In May 2018, the plaintiff commenced this action, inter alia, to recover unpaid wages, and damages for violations of the Labor…

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