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CERTAIN DISCOVERY DEMANDS IN THIS NEGLIGENCE AND PUBLIC HEALTH LAW ACTION AGAINST A RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY ON BEHALF OF A FORMER RESIDENT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DENIED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court, determined certain discovery demands by plaintiff should have been granted. Plaintiff’s decedent was a resident at defendant’s residential care facility and plaintiff brought an action against the facility alleging negligent care and violations of Public Health law 2801-d:

Supreme Court should have granted those branches of the plaintiff’s motion which were to compel the defendants to comply with (1) his discovery demand number 30, (2) his discovery demand number 32 to the extent that it demands “[a]ll documents relating to meals provided to” the decedent, (3) his discovery demand number 33 to the extent that it demands “[a]ll documents relating to bed changing records for” the decedent, (4) his discovery demand number 34 to the extent that it demands “[a]ll documents relating to [the] movement of” the decedent, (5) his discovery demand number 35 to the extent that it demands “[a]ll documents relating to [the] washing of” the decedent, (6) his discovery demand number 36 to the extent that it demands “[a]ll documents relating to the change of position of” the decedent, and (7) his discovery demand number 51. Those demands related to the decedent’s care, the staffing of nurses and nursing assistants who provided care to the decedent, and complaints or investigations of alleged substandard care or abuse involving the decedent … . Olmann v Willoughby Rehabilitation & Health Care Ctr., LLC, 2020 NY Slip Op 04750, Second Dept 8-26-20

 

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