Sahr v. Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, Inc.

Order unanimously reversed, on the law, with costs, and plaintiffs motion granted, in accordance with the following memorandum: The issue as framed by the parties is whether defendants’ demand *949for discovery was proper. The court erred in granting defendants’ motion and ordering plaintiff to execute medical authorizations allowing defendants to obtain all prior and subsequent medical and hospital records in the absence of facts identifying such records or showing that they are material and necessary (cf., Palmieri v Kilcourse, 91 AD2d 657). Plaintiff, a 28-year-old man, alleges in a medical…