Lotz v. Albany Medical Center Hospital

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Pennock, J.), entered March 16, 1981, in Albany County, which, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for a protective order pursuant to CPLR 3103. In this medical malpractice action, plaintiffs have served defendant with a notice to take depositions before trial of certain alleged employees of defendant. Defendant moved for a protective order upon the grounds that it has the right to designate who will be its representatives upon its examination before trial and that the persons named by plaintiffs, with one exception, are not its…