Defendants' appeal from the order that denied their order to show cause to vacate and/or renew and reargue the order striking their answer must be dismissed since no appeal lies from an ex parte order (CPLR 5701 [a] [2]). Defendants' noncompliance with court orders and plaintiff's demands for disclosure, while undeniably sanctionable (CPLR 3126), was not shown conclusively to be willful, contumacious or in bad faith, and thus constitutes something less than the "[e]xtreme...
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