915 2nd Pub Inc. v. QBE Insurance

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Paul Wooten, J.), entered April 30, 2012, which, insofar as appealed from as limited by the briefs, granted plaintiffs’ motion to compel production of an appraisal report, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion denied.

There is no dispute that the subject appraisal report was prepared by an expert at defense counsel’s direction as an aid in litigation, and thus, the report was protected as attorney work product (see Hudson Ins. Co. v Oppenheim, 72 AD3d 489 [1st Dept 2010]; CPLR 3101 [c]). The single notation in the claim file that…