Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York May 30, 2002 (Von Maknassy v. Moran)

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Milton Tingling, J.), entered July 17, 2001, which, to the extent appealed from, denied plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability, to treat defendants’ answer as a nullity and for sanctions and preclusion, unanimously affirmed, without costs.