Dattmore v. Eagan Real Estate, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order unanimously modified, on the law, and, as modified, affirmed, without costs, in accordance with the following memorandum: Special Term erred by refusing to grant discovery of defendants’ security log book and maintenance log book pertaining to prior accidents and repairs or salting relevant to the location of the accident. Although reports of prior accidents or prior or subsequent repairs may be inadmissible at trial, this is not the test for disclosure under CPLR 3101 (a), which is to be liberally construed (Hoenig v Westphal, 52 NY2d 605, 608). Accordingly, pretrial disclosure is…
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