Case Name: Michael Fitzgerald, Plaintiff, v. City of New York et al., Respondents, and International Contractors Services, LLC, Appellant; City of New York, Third-Party Plaintiff, v. A.H. Harris & Sons, Inc., et al., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent, and International Contractors Services, LLC, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2016-07-07
Citations: 141 A.D.3d 441
Docket Number: 
Parties: Michael Fitzgerald, Plaintiff, v City of New York et al., Respondents, and International Contractors Services, LLC, Appellant. City of New York, Third-Party Plaintiff, v A.H. Harris & Sons, Inc., et al., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent, and International Contractors Services, LLC, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Concur — Mazzarelli, J.P., Friedman, Andrias, Webber and Gesmer, JJ.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 141
Pages: 441–442

Head Matter:
Michael Fitzgerald, Plaintiff, v City of New York et al., Respondents, and International Contractors Services, LLC, Appellant. City of New York, Third-Party Plaintiff, v A.H. Harris & Sons, Inc., et al., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent, and International Contractors Services, LLC, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.
[33 NYS3d 899]—

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Laura G. Douglas, J.), entered August 4, 2015, which, inter alia, granted the motion of defendant/third-party plaintiff City of New York and cross motion of defendant/third-party defendant A.H. Harris & Sons, Inc. for an order conditionally striking International Contrae- tors Services' third-party answer, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The IAS court providently exercised its discretion in conditionally striking third-party defendant International Contractor Services' third-party answer based on its repeated failure to comply with discovery directives (see e.g. Loeb v Assara N.Y. I L.P., 118 AD3d 457, 457 [1st Dept 2014]). We have considered the remaining arguments and find them unavailing.
Concur — Mazzarelli, J.P., Friedman, Andrias, Webber and Gesmer, JJ.