Batra v. Wolf

OPINION OF THE COURT

Lucy Billings, J.

Plaintiff, a New York attorney, sues defendants, all associated in various capacities with the television series Law & Order, for defamation arising from the depiction of a lead character in the “Floater” episode of Law & Order. He claims the episode was based on the scandal involving crimes by attorney Paul Siminovsky and Justice Gerald Garson, with which news media falsely had associated plaintiff, and cast an Indian-American of his age with the same first name in the Siminovsky role.

Plaintiff moves to compel disclosure. (CPLR 3124.) This decision and…