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Shefer v. Alex Stewart Tepper

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
May 6, 2010
73 A.D.3d 447 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)

Opinion

May 6, 2010.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alison Y. Tuitt, J.), entered November 20, 2008, which, in an action for medical malpractice, insofar as appealed from as limited by the briefs, denied defendant-appellant's motion to compel plaintiff to provide authorizations permitting informal, ex parte interviews with plaintiffs' health care providers, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion granted.

Martin Clearwater Bell LLP, New York (Ellen B. Fishman of counsel), for appellant.

Sullivan Papain Block McGrath Cannavo, P.C., New York (Brian J. Shoot of counsel), for respondents.

Before: Gonzalez, P.J., Tom, Sweeny, Freedman and Abdus-Salaam, JJ.


The motion court incorrectly interpreted the Court of Appeals' decision in Arons v Jutkowitz ( 9 NY3d 393) as permitting ex parte interviews of a plaintiffs health care providers by defense counsel only after a note of issue was filed. To the contrary, the Court of Appeals expressly rejected the long-standing practice of proscribing such interviews only after the note of issue was filed, and otherwise made it clear that the preferred time for such disclosure was before the filing of a note of issue ( see id. at 410-411).


Summaries of

Shefer v. Alex Stewart Tepper

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
May 6, 2010
73 A.D.3d 447 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)
Case details for

Shefer v. Alex Stewart Tepper

Case Details

Full title:GAL SHEFER et al., Respondents, v. ALEX STEWART TEPPER, M.D., Appellant…

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

Date published: May 6, 2010

Citations

73 A.D.3d 447 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)
2010 N.Y. Slip Op. 3832
899 N.Y.S.2d 610

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