Draves v. Chua

OPINION OF THE COURT

Vincent E. Doyle, J.

Buring the course of jury selection in this medical malpractice action, the defendant, Ansar Ahmed, M.B., has brought a *315motion seeking the names of the medical experts for the other parties so that he might interrogate the prospective jurors as to their knowledge of or acquaintanceship with such experts. The plaintiffs and the defendant, John T. Chua, M.D., oppose the motion and claim that CPLR 3101 (d) (1) (i) relieves them of any obligation to divulge the names of their medical experts. They argue that the name of a medical expert in a medical…