Legal Opinion
Burrows v. City of New York
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 20, 1985PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Eugene P. Bambrick, J.
This motion demonstrates that persistence prevails, and that when one fights City Hall, using the services of an attorney might not be enough. In this instance, the services of a private investigator enabled plaintiff’s attorney to discover that a witness who the defendant City of New York alleged was no longer in its employ was, in fact, an employee and should have been produced for a court-ordered examination before trial.
The question is posed: Who should bear the costs of the private investigator? The pertinacious plaintiff or the dilatory…
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