Legal Opinion

Altonen v. Kmart of NY Holdings, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 17, 2012PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the defendants appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Cohalan, J.), dated March 31, 2010, as denied their cross motion to compel the plaintiffs to produce a settlement agreement from certain prior actions.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the defendants’ cross motion to compel production of a confidential settlement agreement from certain prior personal injury actions…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. New York County Data Entry Worker Product Liability Litigation v. A.B. Dick Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  2. Allstate Insurance v. Belt Parkway Imaging, P.C.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. v. BrewtonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  2. Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC v. CharlestonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2019
  3. Hiller v. AmellaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  4. Matter of Metro-North Train Acc. of Feb. 3, 2015Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2019

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