Clarke v. Clarke

The Supreme Court has broad discretion in supervising disclosure and in resolving discovery disputes (see Conte v County of Nassau, 87 AD3d 558, 559 [2011]; Silberstein v Maimonides Med. Ctr., 77 AD3d 910 [2010]; Rinaldi v Evenflo Co., Inc., 62 AD3d 856 [2009]). However, the Appellate Division may substitute its own discretion for that of the trial court in such matters, even in the absence of an abuse of discretion (see Colantonio v Mercy Med. Ctr., 102 AD3d 649, 650 [2013]; Arpino v F.J.F. & Sons Elec. Co., Inc., 102 AD3d 201, 209 [2012]).

In the present case, given the appellants’…