Legal Opinion
Rocco v. KCL Protective Services, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 24, 2001PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Lorraine Miller, J.), entered on or about October 31, 2000, which granted plaintiffs motion and defendants-respondents’ cross motions to strike the common answer of defendants-appellants Advantage and Montalvo unless the latter was produced for examination by December 1, 2000, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The testimony of defendant Montalvo, as the security officer in control of the elevator that crushed plaintiffs decedent, was crucial to the proper preparation of this wrongful death action. Montalvo’s failure to appear at any of the depositions…
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