Ivy Broadcasting Co. v. First National Bank & Trust Co.

— Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Bryant, J.), entered February 23,1982 in Tompkins County, which directed an examination before trial of plaintiff Ellis Erdman and, inter alia, denied plaintiffs’ cross motion for further discovery. This action was commenced on August 24, 1974. As a result of the illness of a plaintiff, substitutions of attorneys and various requests for adjournments by both sides, prosecution of this action had been delayed inordinately. There have been some preliminary proceedings, but plaintiffs contend they are entitled to the continuation and…