Beretin v. Kuhlman

OPINION OF THE COURT

Margaret Cammer, J.

Respondent moves to be allowed to proceed as a poor person for the purposes of this holdover proceeding. Having satisfied the necessary criteria, the motion is granted (CPLR 1101).

Respondent also asks the court to order that an official interpreter be provided to translate petitioner’s wife’s testimony at an examination before trial. (Leave for such a deposition was granted by an order of this court dated Jan. 9, 1987.) Petitioner’s wife is from Yugoslavia and does not speak English.

Discovery is an often essential part of litigation. Respondent *493has…