Legal Opinion
Brevetti v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 21, 2010PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Aliotta, J.), dated April 7, 2010, which denied his motion to compel discovery.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the facts and in the exercise of discretion, with costs, and the plaintiffs motion to compel discovery is granted.
Although a municipality, in the first instance, has the right to determine which of its officers or employees with knowledge of the facts may appear for a deposition, a plaintiff may demand production of additional witnesses when (1) the…
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