Albany Custom Floors, Inc. v. Urbach, Kahn & Werlin, P. C.

— Casey, J.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Hughes, J.), entered July 27, 1987 in Albany County, which granted plaintiffs’ motion for a protective order.

This malpractice action against defendant, an accounting firm, was commenced in May 1983 and issue was joined in July 1983. Shortly thereafter, defendant conducted an examination of plaintiff Julius Ostroff and served interrogatories on both plaintiffs in December 1984. Nearly a year later, after plaintiffs answered some interrogatories and refused to answer others, defendant moved to compel plaintiffs to answer all interrogatories.…