Warren v. New York City Transit Authority

Order entered October 27, 1969, insofar as appealed from reversed on the law without costs and without disbursements, and the motion for a protective order granted. Following an accident in the subway defendant’s motorman obtained the names of two eyewitnesses which he gave to a police officer at the scene, and the names appear on the police blotter. Some time thereafter a senior claims examiner from defendant’s law department interviewed these witnesses and obtained their statements. The affidavit of defendant’s attorney shows that these statements were taken purely for the purpose of…