Legal Opinion
Maser v. County of Onondaga
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 9, 1982PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order unanimously affirmed, with costs. Memorandum: Plaintiff seeks to depose defendant’s engineer employee as to his expert opinion. CPLR 3101 (subd [a]) provides that “[t]here shall be full disclosure of all evidence material and necessary in the prosecution or defense of an action, regardless of the burden of proof, by: (1) a party, or the officer, director, member, agent or employee of a party”. In light of the liberal policy favoring broad disclosure (Allen v Crowell-Collier Pub. Co., 21 NY2d 403), we believe that the opinion of defendant’s employee-expert falls within this subdivision.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Allen v. Crowell-Collier Publishing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1968
- McDermott v. Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1964
- Pataki v. KisedaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
- Johnson v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
- Brandes v. Pettibone, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
3Cited by2 opinions
- Lingener v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- Glasburgh v. Port AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995