Pontidis v. Shavelli

The Opinion of the Court was delivered by

LANDAU, J.A.D.

Appellant, Amirali Y. Haidri, Esq. (Haidri), attorney for plaintiffs in the underlying action, appeals, upon leave granted, from a Law Division order directing Haidri to pay a money sanction to defendants arising out of the refusal of plaintiffs’ expert to testify at a deposition.

These are the facts. On May 29, 1990, plaintiff, Rena Pontidis suffered a fall at Skaters World of New Jersey in Wayne, New Jersey. She filed a complaint against defendants Kris Shavelli, Dina Shavelli, Peter Koukounas, Konstantinos Koukounas, Ioana Koukounas,…