

Perkins v New York City Tr. Auth. (2016 NY Slip Op 08456)





Perkins v New York City Tr. Auth.


2016 NY Slip Op 08456


Decided on December 15, 2016


Appellate Division, First Department


Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.


This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.



Decided on December 15, 2016

Acosta, J.P., Andrias, Moskowitz, Gische, Webber, JJ.


2489N 151935/13

[*1] Margaret Perkins, Plaintiff-Respondent,
vNew York City Transit Authority, et al., Defendants-Appellants, John Doe, Defendant.


Lawrence Heisler, Brooklyn (Timothy J. O'Shaughnessy of counsel), for appellants.
David A. Kapelman, P.C., New York (David A. Kapelman of counsel), for respondent.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael D. Stallman, J.), entered on or about March 14, 2016, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, granted plaintiff's motion to compel production of postaccident repair and maintenance records for a three-month period, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The motion court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in directing defendants to produce postaccident repairs for the limited purpose sought, to ascertain whether the wheelchair ramp on the bus to be inspected is the same one that
was involved in plaintiff's accident (see Francklin v New York El. Co., Inc., 38 AD3d 329 [1st Dept 2007]), Kaplan v Einy, 209 AD2d 248, 252 [1st Dept 1994]; cf. Steinel v 131/93 Owners Corp., 240 AD2d 301, 302 [1st Dept 1997]). If defendants are so inclined, as an alternative to the directed production, they may submit an affidavit confirming that the wheelchair ramp on the subject bus is the same one that was on the bus at the time of the accident, except for wear and tear.
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER
OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.
ENTERED: DECEMBER 15, 2016
CLERK


