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Guerrero v. Lenox Hill Hospital

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 28, 2000
270 A.D.2d 179 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

March 28, 2000.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Anne Targum, J.), entered July 9, 1999, which, inter alia, denied defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3126 or, alternatively, to compel plaintiff to furnish authorizations for discovery of additional medical records, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Peter A. DeFilippis, for plaintiffs-respondents.

Lisa Mudd, for defendants-appellants.

ROSENBERGER, J.P., WILLIAMS, TOM, ANDRIAS, JJ.


Defendants have failed to establish that the additional unspecified medical records they seek, relating to treatment received by Ms. Carrasquillo before, during, and after the alleged medical malpractice, would be relevant to their defense of the action. Defendants' speculation that pertinent information may exist in the additional medical records sought is insufficient for this Court to conclude that the motion court exercised its discretion improvidently in denying the motion to compel (see,Salkey v. Mott, 237 A.D.2d 504). Accordingly, since defendants have failed to establish that discovery had been willfully frustrated by plaintiffs, the motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant toCPLR 3126 was properly denied. We have reviewed defendants' remaining contention and find it unavailing.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.


Summaries of

Guerrero v. Lenox Hill Hospital

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 28, 2000
270 A.D.2d 179 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

Guerrero v. Lenox Hill Hospital

Case Details

Full title:Tabitha Brittany Guerrero, etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Lenox…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Mar 28, 2000

Citations

270 A.D.2d 179 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
705 N.Y.S.2d 225