Legal Opinion
Casali v. Phillips
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 23, 1988PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— Order insofar as appealed from unanimously reversed on the law without costs and motion granted. Memorandum: In the subject case, plaintiff failed to show any special circumstances warranting the presence of a stenographer at a physical examination to be conducted by defendant’s doctor.
The purpose of a physical examination of a party is to *942narrow the areas of medical dispute through the assistance of the medical profession and to eliminate much of the medical controversy in a personal injury case (Jakubowski v Lengen, 86 AD2d 398, 400). In Jakubowski (supra, at 401), we cautioned against…
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- Jakubowski v. LengenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- Miocic v. WintersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- Shapiro v. ShapiroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- Jackson v. CoccaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1967
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