Morton v. Brookhaven Memorial Hospital

—In an action to recover damages for medical malpractice, the plaintiffs appeal (1), by permission, from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Costello, J.), dated January *56723, 2001, which, sua sponte, directed the appointment of a special referee to supervise and direct all discovery, (2) from an order of the same court dated March 7, 2001, which, inter alia, granted the plaintiffs’ motion to compel discovery only to the extent set forth in the order dated January 23, 2001, and (3), by permission, from an order of the same court dated July 31, 2001, which confirmed the report of the…