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Gaudino v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 4, 1999
265 A.D.2d 298 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)

Opinion

Submitted June 25, 1999

October 4, 1999

Appeal from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Bruno, J.).


ORDERED that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

CPLR 3101(a) provides, inter alia, that "[t]here shall be full disclosure of all evidence material and necessary in the prosecution or defense of an action". This court has repeatedly upheld the validity and enforceability of the indemnification provision at issue in this case, regardless of the reference concerning the availability of primary insurance coverage contained in the application of ELRAC, Inc. (hereinafter ELRAC), for a certificate of self-insurance ( see, Federal Ins. Co. v. ELRAC, Inc., 262 A.D.2d 276; [2d Dept., June 1, 1999]; Campbell v. Bonne Annge, 260 A.D.2d 526; [2d Dept., Apr. 19, 1999]; ELRAC, Inc. v. Beckford, 250 A.D.2d 725; ELRAC, Inc. v. Rudel, 233 A.D.2d 417). Accordingly, the contents of ELRAC's application for a certificate of self-insurance are irrelevant and immaterial to the indemnification claim, and the appellant is not entitled to their disclosure pursuant to CPLR 3101(a) or to include demands for them in the notice to admit served on ELRAC.

In any event, we note that the Supreme Court effectively gave the appellant what she requested by ruling that she would be permitted to make use of an exemplar copy of ELRAC's self-insurance application, which contains the relevant language regarding primary coverage in preprinted form.

S. MILLER, J.P., SULLIVAN, ALTMAN, and McGINITY, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Gaudino v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 4, 1999
265 A.D.2d 298 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
Case details for

Gaudino v. City of New York

Case Details

Full title:LISA GAUDINO, et al., plaintiffs, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, et al., defendants…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Oct 4, 1999

Citations

265 A.D.2d 298 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
695 N.Y.S.2d 614

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