Hunter v. Eco Lab, Inc.

Mercure, J.P.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Demarest, J.), entered October 24, 2001 in St. Lawrence County, which, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to compel disclosure.

Plaintiff suffered the injuries that formed the basis of this action when he was splashed with caustic dishwashing detergent while attempting to refill a detergent dispenser manufactured by defendant. Plaintiff commenced this action in July 1995 alleging that the dispenser was defective and, following joinder of issue, the discovery process commenced. Defendant served plaintiff with a set of interrogatories…