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Racine v. Grant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Aug 4, 2009
65 A.D.3d 535 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)

Opinion

No. 2008-06372.

August 4, 2009.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Hurkin-Torres, J.), dated June 17, 2008, as granted the defendants' cross motion pursuant to CPLR 3216 to dismiss the complaint to the extent of directing him to comply with a demand for discovery which was annexed to the cross motion papers.

Robert C. Fontanelli, Brooklyn, N.Y., for appellant.

James G. Bilello, Westbury, N.Y. (Patricia McDonagh of counsel), for respondents.

Before: Skelos, J.P., Florio, Balkin, Belen and Austin, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with costs, and the defendants' cross motion pursuant to CPLR 3216 to dismiss the complaint is denied.

The Supreme Court improvidently exercised its discretion in granting the defendants' cross motion pursuant to CPLR 3216 to dismiss the complaint to the extent of directing the plaintiff to comply with a demand for discovery which was annexed to the cross motion papers, as the demand was made more than one year after a note of issue had been filed in the action. The defendants failed to make the requisite showing that "unusual or unanticipated circumstances" had arisen after the filing of the note of issue ( 22 NYCRR 202.21 [d], [e]; see Silverberg v Guzman, 61 AD3d 955; Utica Mut. Ins. Co. v P.M.A. Corp., 34 AD3d 793, 794; Audiovox Corp. v Benyamini, 265 AD2d 135, 138; Marks v Morrison, 275 AD2d 1027), to justify the demanded disclosure at this late stage of the action.

The plaintiff's argument that the Supreme Court should have granted his motion to strike the defendants' answer is not properly before us, as the plaintiff's notice of appeal limited the scope of the appeal to that part of the Supreme Court's order which determined the defendants' cross motion ( see CPLR 5515; Marciano v Ran Oil Co. E., LLC, 63 AD3d 1118).


Summaries of

Racine v. Grant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Aug 4, 2009
65 A.D.3d 535 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)
Case details for

Racine v. Grant

Case Details

Full title:ROLAND RACINE, Appellant, v. ERWIN GRANT et al., Respondents

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

Date published: Aug 4, 2009

Citations

65 A.D.3d 535 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)
2009 N.Y. Slip Op. 6127
882 N.Y.S.2d 908

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