Moriates v. Powertest Petroleum Co.

—In an action to recover damages for wrongful death, etc., defendant William Bird (hereinafter Bird) appeals (1) from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Pitaro, J.), dated March 22, *8891984, which granted plaintiffs motion to compel Bird to appear at an examination before trial and rejected his assertion of privilege premised upon a claim of self-incrimination; (2) as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the same court (Kunzeman, J.), dated July 16, 1984, as conditionally granted that branch of plaintiffs motion which was to strike Bird’s answer; and (3) as limited by…