Madia v. CBS Corp.

• Decision Date: 03 January 2017
• Parties: Quirino MADIA, et al., Plaintiffs–Respondents, v. CBS CORPORATION, et al., Defendants–Appellants, EAN Holdings, LLC, Defendant.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

146 A.D.3d 424
45 N.Y.S.3d 32
2017 N.Y. Slip Op. 00031

Quirino MADIA, et al., Plaintiffs–Respondents,
v.
CBS CORPORATION, et al., Defendants–Appellants,

EAN Holdings, LLC, Defendant.

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.

Jan. 3, 2017.

45 N.Y.S.3d 33

Melcer Newman, PLLC, New York (Jon E. Newman of counsel), for appellants.

Morgan Levine Dolan, P.C., New York (Duane R. Morgan of counsel), for respondents.

SAXE, J.P., MOSKOWITZ, GISCHE, KAHN, GESMER, JJ.

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Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Betty Owen Stinson, J.), entered October 8, 2015, which, insofar as appealed from as limited by the briefs, denied the motion of defendants CBS Corporation and Mario Ragago Ventenilla to compel plaintiffs to produce insurance polices relating to four vehicles listed on plaintiff Quirino Madia's New York State Department of Motor Vehicles Plate Registration Record, and authorizations to obtain such insurance policies and applications therefor, unanimously reversed, on the law, the facts, and in the exercise of discretion, without costs, and the motion granted.

The court erred in denying the motion to compel plaintiffs to produce insurance polices and applications relating to four vehicles listed on their NYS Department of Motor Vehicles ("DMV") Plate Registration Record that were not involved in the subject accident. By order dated May 6, 2015, the court (Laura Douglas, J.), had granted defendants' motion to strike the note of issue and set a schedule for completion of outstanding discovery, ordering plaintiff to produce all insurance policies, primary and excess covering the subject vehicle and driver on the date of loss, as well as his registration plate records for "all vehicles" listed within 45 days of that order. CPLR 3101(a) provides for the "full disclosure of all matter material and

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necessary in the prosecution or defense of an action."...