Opinion
September 14, 1998
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Ramirez, J.).
Ordered that the order dated August 7, 1997, is affirmed; and it is further,
Ordered that the order dated September 24, 1997, is affirmed insofar as appealed from; and it is further,
Ordered that the respondent is awarded one bill of costs.
The determination as to the terms and provisions of discovery, and the prevention of abuse by protective orders pursuant to CPLR 3103, rests in the sound discretion of the court to which the application has been made ( see, Matter of Walsh v. Design Concepts, 221 A.D.2d 454; Krygier v. Airweld, Inc., 176 A.D.2d 701). Upon our review of the record, we find that the court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in denying the relief requested by the defendants.
O'Brien, J. P., Ritter, Thompson and Goldstein, JJ., concur.