Opinion
2017–10752 2017–10864 Index No. 602169/16
07-03-2019
EYEKING, LLC, Appellant, v. Allison SINGER, etc., Respondent.
Richard A. Kraslow, P.C., Melville, NY, for appellant. Kaiser Saurborn & Mair, P.C., New York, N.Y. (Henry L. Saurborn, Jr., of counsel), for respondent.
Richard A. Kraslow, P.C., Melville, NY, for appellant.
Kaiser Saurborn & Mair, P.C., New York, N.Y. (Henry L. Saurborn, Jr., of counsel), for respondent.
JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, J.P., HECTOR D. LASALLE, BETSY BARROS, VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER
ORDERED that the orders are affirmed insofar as appealed from, with one bill of costs.
"Resolution of discovery disputes and the nature and degree of the penalty to be imposed pursuant to CPLR 3126 are matters within the sound discretion of the motion court" ( Morales v. Zherka , 140 A.D.3d 836, 836–837, 35 N.Y.S.3d 121 ). Here, the Supreme Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in imposing a monetary sanction to compensate the defendant's counsel for the time expended and costs incurred in connection with the plaintiff's failure to fully and timely comply with discovery (see Knoch v. City of New York , 109 A.D.3d 459, 970 N.Y.S.2d 270 ; L & L Auto Distribs. & Suppliers Inc. v. Auto Collection, Inc. , 85 A.D.3d 734, 925 N.Y.S.2d 151 ).
LEVENTHAL, J.P., LASALLE, BARROS and BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ., concur.