Legal Opinion
Cramp v. Cramp
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 4, 1985PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In a matrimonial action, the plaintiff husband appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Palella, J.), entered January 16, 1985, which granted the defendant wife’s motion for a protective order against the plaintiff’s 10 separate discovery demands.
Order affirmed, with costs.
The granting of the protective order here was a proper exercise of discretion since the plaintiff’s numerous demands were burdensome and oppressive, and many were so vague or inappropriate that no proper response could be formulated. In such a case, the demands should be vacated rather than pruned,…
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