Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York May 16, 2006 (Williams v. Ryder TRS, Inc.)

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Silverman, J.), dated July 6, 2005, as granted that branch of the plaintiffs’ motion which was to strike their answer based on the failure of the defendant Columbus Williams to appear for an examination before trial.