Santiago v City of New York

2010 NY Slip Op 01847 [71 AD3d 468]

March 9, 2010

Appellate Division, First Department

As corrected through Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Carlos Santiago, Appellant, v City of New York et al.,Respondents, et al., Defendants.

—[*1]Mallilo & Grossman, Flushing (Francesco Pomara, Jr. of counsel), for appellant.

Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York (Stephen J. McGrath of counsel), forCity of New York, respondent.

Molod Spitz & DeSantis, P.C., New York (Marcy Sonneborn of counsel), for Milea TruckSales Corp. and M.T.S. Realty Corp., respondents.

Law Offices of Peter D. Assail, LLC, New York (Peter D. Assail of counsel), for Cibao MeatProducts Inc., respondent.

Law Office of James J. Toomey, New York (Evy L. Kazansky of counsel), for 38-40 FoodCorp., respondent.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Larry S. Schachner, J.), entered on or about March 6,2009, which granted defendants-respondents' motions pursuant to CPLR 3126 dismissing thecomplaint as against them, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The complaint was properly dismissed for persistent, unexplained noncompliance with fourdisclosure orders, including a self-executing conditional order of dismissal that was granted ondefault and became absolute (see AWLIndus., Inc. v QBE Ins. Corp., 65 AD3d 904 [2009]; Min Yoon v Costello, 29 AD3d 407 [2006]). Concur—Tom,J.P., Friedman, Sweeny, Nardelli and Abdus-Salaam, JJ.