CURIEL v. LOEWS CINEPLEX THEATERS INC (2009)

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Marcy S. Friedman, J.), entered August 28, 2008 (the first order), which, in an action for personal injuries sustained in a slip and fall in the lobby of defendant's movie theater, inter alia, conditionally denied plaintiff's cross motion to strike defendant's answer, unanimously affirmed, without costs.   Order, same court and Justice, entered February 11, 2009 (the second order), which, insofar as appealable, denied a second motion by plaintiff to strike defendant's answer, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

With respect to the first order, there has been no showing that the delay was willful, contumacious, or the result of bad faith, and, in the absence of any substantive prejudice to plaintiff caused by the delay, a conditional order was a proper exercise of discretion (see Gibbs v. St. Barnabas Hosp., 61 A.D.3d 599, 600, 878 N.Y.S.2d 38 [2009] ).   With respect to the second order, the motion court properly fixed a strict schedule for completing the deposition (see id.).   We have reviewed plaintiff's other arguments, including those relating to the branch of her motions that sought to amend the caption, and find them to be unavailing.