Legal Opinion
Sofio v. Hughes
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 6, 1989PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Lockman, J.), dated December 11, 1987, which denied their motion to vacate the court’s sua sponte directive to produce their insurance carrier’s property damage claim file or suffer dismissal of their affirmative defense of release based on the uncontradicted testimony of the plaintiff Nunzio Sofio and the adverse inference to be drawn from the defendants’ failure to produce the file.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the defendants’…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Ainsworth v. Union Free School District No. 2Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1972
- Schneider v. SchneiderAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
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