Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. v. Kvaerner

OPINION OF THE COURT

Lewis R. Friedman, J.

*409This case presents a question on which, surprisingly, there is a dearth of New York law: whether a party to a New York action is obligated to produce documents of its subsidiaries located outside the United States pursuant to the CPLR Plaintiff The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd., New York Branch (Bank of Tokyo) asserts that defendant, Kvaerner a.s., should be required to respond to discovery demands to produce documents from its wholly owned foreign subsidiaries; Kvaerner, on the other hand, maintains that the requested documents are discoverable only…