Zayas v. Morales

In this case of a two-car -intersection collision, which occurred on October 7, 1971, the plaintiffs sue defendant Morales as the driver of the offending automobile and the other defendants, the City of New York, the Welsbach Corp. and L. K. Comstock & Co., Inc. (Comstock) as contributing tortfeasors by reason of the nonfunctioning of a traffic light at the place where the accident occurred. Comstock applied for an order pursuant to CPLR 3124 requiring the plaintiffs and Comstock’s codefendants to disclose the names and addresses of the eyewitnesses to the occurrence as well as the names and…