Legal Opinion
Tannenbaum v. Tenenbaum
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 7, 2004PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for medical malpractice and wrongful death, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Spodek, J.), dated August 27, 2003, which granted the plaintiffs motion for a protective order pursuant to CFLR 3103 quashing his subpoena of a nonparty treating physician.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
A party seeking discovery from a nonparty witness must show special circumstances (see Lanzello v Lakritz, 287 AD2d 601 [2001]; Dioguardi v St. John’s Riverside Hosp., 144 AD2d 333, 334 [1988]). The existence of such special…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Dioguardi v. St. John's Riverside HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- Lanzello v. LakritzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- Murphy v. Macarthur Holding B. Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
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