Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York August 7, 2000 (Provenzano v. Turner Construction Co.)

—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Thomas, J.), dated September 8, 1999, which, in effect, granted the plaintiff’s motion, inter alia, pursuant to CPLR 3126 to strike their answer to the extent of precluding them from presenting evidence at trial on the issue of liability for failure to provide discovery.