Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
Under the facts of this case, the Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in precluding the defendant from offering evidence at trial on the issue of liability because of its repeated failures to produce a witness for an examination before trial in violation of a preliminary conference order (see, Garcia v Kraniotakis,
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