Opinion
October 4, 1994
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Beatrice Shainswit, J.).
In this consolidated action for damages arising out of the alleged improper liquidation of a securities account, it was not an abuse of discretion to grant the protective orders (CPLR 3103 [a]; Stambovsky v. Reiner, 145 A.D.2d 309, 310). The discovery notices were served after the court-ordered discovery cutoff date had passed (see, Silber v. Silber, 111 A.D.2d 889), and plaintiffs failed to offer any reasonable explanation for a seven-year delay in seeking disclosure (see, National Union Fire Ins. Co. v. Glass Check Cashing Corp., 177 A.D.2d 419). Finally, the massive disclosure request lacked the "'requisite specificity'" for production (Mendelowitz v. Xerox Corp., 169 A.D.2d 300, 304), and the court properly limited plaintiffs' discovery to those items previously specified to the court as necessary (see, Silber v Silber, supra, at 889-890).
Concur — Murphy, P.J., Ellerin, Ross, Nardelli and Williams, JJ.