Salerno & Goldberg, P.C., Deer Park, NY (Allen Goldberg of counsel), for appellant.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Joan B. Lefkowitz, J.), dated June 30, 2021. The order, insofar as appealed from, granted the defendant's motion to vacate the note of issue and certificate of readiness and to compel the plaintiff to provide additional discovery.

Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with costs, and the defendant's motion to vacate the note of issue and certificate of readiness and to compel the plaintiff to provide additional discovery is denied.

The Supreme Court erred in granting the defendant's motion to vacate the note of issue and certificate of readiness and to compel the plaintiff to provide additional discovery. "While a defaulting defendant is entitled to present testimony and evidence and cross-examine the plaintiff's witnesses at the inquest on damages, such a defendant is not entitled to any further discovery since its answer was stricken" (Amato v Fast Repair, Inc., 15 AD3d 429, 430 [2005] [citations omitted]; see Hall v Penas, 5 AD3d 549, 550 [2004]). Here, since the court struck the defendant's answer in an order dated December 2, 2019, the defendant "is not entitled to any further discovery" (Hall v Penas, 5 AD3d at 550; see Amato v Fast Repair, Inc., 15 AD3d at 430; Wexler v Malpeso, 251 AD2d 49 [1998]). Duffy, J.P., Roman, Maltese and Ford, JJ., concur.