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IN THIS SLIP AND FALL CASE, THE REQUESTED DISCOVERY ABOUT THE DESIGN OF THE REAR STAIRS OF A BUS WAS BURDENSOME, REPRESENTATIVES OF DEFENDANTS ALLOWED TO BE PRESENT WHEN BUS INSPECTED BY PLAINTIFF (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, modifying Supreme Court, limited the amount of discovery about the rear stairs of the bus where plaintiff fell and allowed representatives of defendants to be present when the bus was inspected and photographed by plaintiff:

… [D]iscovery [is limited] to documents concerning the rear stairs of the bus on which plaintiff fell, and the absence of warning signs and handrails in the rear of the bus, for a period of five years preceding the date of the accident, and records relating to any modifications or changes to the interior stairs, handrails, or warning signs in the rear of the bus from the day of the accident to the day of the inspection, and the production of the bus for inspection and photographing by plaintiff in the presence of defendants' representatives … .

Predecessor models of the bus on which plaintiff fell and buses with front-facing rear seating are not relevant to whether the bus on which plaintiff fell was defectively designed (CPLR 3101[a]… ). Similarly, while material concerning the rear stairs, handrails, and warning signs in the rear of the subject bus, i.e., the alleged dangerous conditions, is relevant, material concerning other sections of the bus or other defects is not relevant. The production of 15 years' worth of records is burdensome … . Curran v New York City Tr. Auth., 2018 NY Slip Op 00038, First Dept 1-2-18

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