Casiano v. Start Elevator, Inc.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Laura G. Douglas, J.), entered July 24, 2013, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, denied plaintiffs motion to compel defendant Start Elevator, Inc. to comply with discovery requests, and granted Start a protective order with respect to the requested discovery, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff alleges that, in the course of his employment by third-party defendant, he injured his hand in a freight elevator maintained by defendant Start, because the elevator was not equipped with strap handles. Plaintiff seeks documents…