Smith v. Moore
| Decision Date | 18 July 2006 |
| Docket Number | 2004-11247. |
| Citation | 2006 NY Slip Op 05773,818 N.Y.S.2d 603,31 A.D.3d 628 |
| Parties | EDWIN A. SMITH, Appellant, v. DAVID P. MOORE et al., Respondents. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Ordered that the amended order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.
"While CPLR 3101 (a) provides for full disclosure of all evidence material and necessary to the prosecution or defense of an action, unlimited disclosure is not required, and supervision of disclosure is generally left to the trial court's broad discretion" (Blagrove v Cox, 294 AD2d 526 [2002]). Here, the Supreme Court properly determined that the nonparty depositions sought by the plaintiff were neither material nor necessary to the prosecution of the action, or to the plaintiff's defense of counterclaims asserted by the defendants (see Acosta v Hadjigavriel, 6 AD3d 636, 637 [2004]; Palermo Mason Constr. v Aark Holding Corp., 300 AD2d 460, 461 [2002]). Additionally, the plaintiff failed to show that circumstances existed warranting discovery from nonparty witnesses (see CPLR 3101 [a] [4]; Matter of Lutz v Goldstone, 31 AD3d 449 [2006]).
Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly granted the defendants' cross motion for a protective order prohibiting the plaintiff from conducting the challenged depositions.
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