Kavanaugh v. Kuchner

In a medical malpractice action, inter alia, to recover damages for wrongful *446death, the defendants appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Seidel, J.), entered July 30, 1996, which upon a jury verdict, is in favor of the plaintiffs and against them in the principal sum of $833,891.37.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is granted, with costs to abide the event.

In view of the discovery demands served by the defendants and the pretrial discovery order in this case, the trial court erred in allowing a witness who had never been disclosed to…