Folgate v. Brookhaven Memorial Hospital

This motion for an order compelling the defendant doctor to comply with plaintiff’s notice for discovery and inspection of his medical malpractice insurance policy involves the application of CPLR 3101 (subd [f]) which became effective on August 6 of last year (L 1975, ch 668). In response to plaintiff’s notice for discovery, the defendant disclosed only the policy period and the policy limits of $500,000/1,500,000. In this motion, plaintiff argues that since the higher figure represents the total amount of insurance maintained to cover all acts of malpractice committed by the defendant…