Donahue v. Quikrete Companies

Green, J.P. (dissenting).

I respectfully dissent. In this vigorously contested case, it was error for Supreme Court to allow defendants’ attorney to cross-examine plaintiff about a 17-year-old allegation that plaintiff attempted to bribe a police officer at the time he had been arrested for a misdemeanor charge. The record fails to demonstrate a good-faith basis for that cross-examination or a reasonable factual basis for the allegation (see People v Crawford, 256 AD2d 141, 143 [1998]; Dance v Town of Southampton, 95 AD2d 442, 453 [1983]). In his offer of proof, defendants’ attorney made vague…