Lopez v. New York City Transit Authority

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael D. Stall-man, J.), entered April 30, 2010, which, in this personal injury action, denied defendant’s motion for an order holding plaintiff in contempt for his alleged failure to comply with a preliminary conference order, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the motion. Plaintiff demonstrated a good faith effort to comply *544with the preliminary conference order. Indeed, in opposition to defendant’s motion, plaintiff provided several authorizations for the release of medical records…