Opinion
12056N-12057N [M-2734 & M-2735] Index No. 161423/15 161529/18 Case No. 2019-1756 2019-3384
10-13-2020
Marie Kaiser NAPOLI, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. Marc Jay BERN, et al., Defendants–Respondents. Law offices of Clifford James, et al., Nonparty Respondents. Maria Kaiser Napoli, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. Clifford James, et al., Defendants–Respondents. Vanessa Dennis, et al., Nonparty Respondents.
Napoli Shkolnik PLLC, New York (Salvatore C. Badala of counsel), for appellant.
Napoli Shkolnik PLLC, New York (Salvatore C. Badala of counsel), for appellant.
Gische, J.P., Singh, Kennedy, Mendez, JJ.
Law Offices of Clifford James, New York (Clifford James of counsel), for Law Offices of Clifford James and Vanessa Dennis, for nonparty respondents.
Kaufman, Borgeest & Ryan, LLP, New York (Eldar Mayouhas of counsel), for New York Pathways, respondent.
Furman Kornfeld & Brennan LLP, New York (Shari Sckolnick of counsel), for Clifford James and Law Offices of Clifford James, respondents.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Alan C. Marin, J.), entered February 25, 2019, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, denied plaintiff's motion to compel the production of nonparty Vanessa Dennis' treatment records at nonparty New York Pathways, granted Dennis' and Pathways' motions for protective orders regarding those same records, and granted nonparty Clifford James' motion to quash a subpoena for all communications and documents between him, defendants and the media, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
Appeal from orders, same court and Justice, entered April 3, 2019, which denied plaintiff's motion to compel disclosure of nonparty Pathways' records, unanimously dismissed, without costs.
The motion court providently exercised its discretion by denying plaintiff's request to compel disclosure of nonparty Dennis' medical records. Even assuming that the records are relevant, plaintiff failed to show that the confidentiality protections applicable to such records were waived (see Gumbs v. Flushing Town Ctr. III, L.P., 114 A.D.3d 573, 574, 981 N.Y.S.2d 394 [1st Dept. 2014] ). The court also providently exercised its discretion in quashing plaintiff's overly broad subpoena issued to nonparty James in this action (see e.g. Haron v. Azoulay, 132 A.D.3d 475, 475–476, 19 N.Y.S.3d 12 [1st Dept. 2015] ).
We have considered and rejected plaintiff's remaining arguments.
The right of direct appeal from the April 3, 2019 orders terminated upon entry of a final judgment, and the orders may only be reviewed upon appeal from the final judgment (see Matter of Aho, 39 N.Y.2d 241, 248, 383 N.Y.S.2d 285, 347 N.E.2d 647 [1976] ). Were we to review plaintiff's claims, we would find them unavailing. M–2734, 2753—Napoli v. James
Motions to dismiss appeals granted.