SCHANTZ v. IRVING FISH

The motion court properly imposed a lesser sanction than striking defendant's answer, based on its finding that the spoliation of plaintiffs medical records does not completely deprive plaintiff of the means of establishing a prima facie case ( compare Gray v Jaeger, 17 AD3d 286; Herrera v Matlin, 303 AD2d 198).

In opposition to defendant's motion for summary judgment, plaintiff submitted medical records and properly supported experts' opinions in conflict with the opinions of defendants' experts, thereby raising issues of fact whether defendant departed from good and accepted medical malpractice in his treatment of plaintiff.