Opinion
July 12, 1985
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Orleans County, Flaherty, J.
Present — Dillon, P.J., Callahan, Boomer, Green and Schnepp, JJ.
Order unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and motion denied. Memorandum: Defendant appeals from an order granting plaintiff's motion pursuant to CPLR 3120 for discovery and inspection of various documents and records. We reverse. The demands here lack "any semblance of reasonable specificity" ( City of New York v. Friedberg Assoc., 62 A.D.2d 407, 410; see, Moussa v. State of New York, 91 A.D.2d 863; Ganin v. Janow, 86 A.D.2d 857, 858; Rios v. Donovan, 21 A.D.2d 409, 413). "Lacking knowledge of the existence of specific documents * * * proper procedure requires * * * use of the deposition and related procedures * * * to ascertain the existence of such documents in order that they may be designated with specificity in a CPLR 3120 notice" ( Haroian v. Nusbaum, 84 A.D.2d 532, 533).