Opinion
January 13, 1994
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Douglas McKeon, J.).
Since the three-month period between the preliminary conference order and plaintiffs' filing of their note of issue afforded defendants a reasonable opportunity to pursue disclosure in addition to that which had been ordered, the court did not abuse its discretion in ordering plaintiffs to provide outstanding items in lieu of vacating the note of issue, denying defendants leave to conduct examinations before trial of nonparty witnesses and a physical examination they had never before requested, and refusing to revive a demand for the examination before trial of the injured plaintiff's spouse when defendants had not pursued her deposition before the preliminary conference nor included it in the preliminary conference order. In short, defendants failed to show "`"special, unusual or extraordinary circumstances"'" (Goldsmith v. Howmedica, Inc., 158 A.D.2d 335, 336).
Concur — Carro, J.P., Rosenberger, Ellerin and Kupferman, JJ.