Legal Opinion

Zegarelli v. Hughes

New York Court of Appeals

Decided July 1, 2004PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

R.S. Smith, J.

CPLR 3101 (i) provides that “[t]here shall be full disclosure of any films, photographs, video tapes or audio tapes” showing the activities of a party to litigation. We hold here that the “full disclosure” required by this statute is simply the disclosure normally required by the CPLR for relevant, non-privileged materials. More specifically, we hold that defendant here complied with his obligation to disclose a videotape by delivering a complete copy of the tape to plaintiffs counsel well in advance of trial. Defendant was not required, as a precondition to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. PattersonNew York Court of Appeals · 1999
  2. People v. ByrnesNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
  3. DiMichel v. South Buffalo Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1992
  4. Tai Tran v. New Rochelle Hospital Medical CenterNew York Court of Appeals · 2003
  5. Zegarelli v. HughesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003

3Cited by43 opinions

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  4. National Center for Crisis Management, Inc. v. LernerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  5. People v. RobertsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009

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