Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York February 22, 2000 (Short v. Bombardier Inc.)

—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Jones, J.), dated October 29, 1998, which granted the defendants’ motion to strike the complaint as a sanction for failing to preserve evidence.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.