Opinion
November 14, 1985
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Bronx County (David Levy, J.).
The disclosure of tax returns is disfavored due to their confidential and private nature. Consequently, a party seeking to compel their production must make a strong showing of overriding necessity. An examination of the record herein does not indicate that defendant has sufficiently demonstrated that the information contained in plaintiff's tax returns is indispensable to the instant litigation and unavailable from other sources. (Briton v Knott Hotels Corp., 111 A.D.2d 62.)
Concur — Murphy, P.J., Carro, Lynch and Milonas, JJ.