Legal Opinion
Smith v. Watson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 11, 2017No. 4001NPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Norma Ruiz, J.), entered on or about June 1, 2016, which denied defendants’ motion to compel discovery, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the matter remanded to Supreme Court to examine, in camera, the requested discovery to ascertain whether it falls under the “public interest” privilege.
Defendants sought production of nonparty respondent New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) investigation file, and related documents concerning its investigation into the homicide of plaintiffs’ decedent, a security guard employed by defendants.…
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