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FILED: KINGS COUNTY CLERK 08/16/2018 10:01 AM INDEX NO. 520675/2017
NYSCEF DOC. NO. 15 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 08/16/2018
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF KINGS
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OGUNWALE ELEBUTE, Index #: Index #: 520675/2017
Plaintiff(s),
NOTICE FOR DISCOVERY AND
-against-
INSPECTION REGARDING
RELATED ACTIONS
NORTHWELL HEALTH, INC., NORTHSHORE
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL and JOHNNY RAY MARQUEZ,
Defendant(s)
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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to the provisions of Article 31 of the CPLR, demand is
made that you produce at the office of the undersigned within twenty (20) days of service hereof,
for discovery and inspection and copying:
1. True and accurate copies of all deposition transcripts from all related actions,
including but not limited to actions of any of the occupants of each of the vehicles involved in the
subject accident, including but not limited to any action brought by NORTHWELL HEALTH, INC. ;and
2. True and accurate copies of allpleadings from all related actions, including but not
limited to actions of any of the occupants of each of the vehicles involved in the subject accident,
including but not limited to any action brought by NORTHWELL HEALTH, INC.;
3. True and accurate copies of alldiscovery demands served from all related actions,
including but not limited to actions of any of the occupants of each of the vehicles involved in the
subject accident, including but not limited to any action brought by NORTHWELL HEALTH, INC.; and
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4. True and accurate copies of alldiscovery responses received from allrelated actions,
including but not limited to actions of any of the occupants of each of the vehicles involved in the
subject accident, including but not limited to any action brought by NORTHWELL HEALTH, INC. and
5. True and accurate copies of all deposition transcripts from all related actions,
including but not limited to actions of any of the occupants of each of the vehicles involved in the
subject accident, including but not limited to any action brought by NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY
HOSPITAL;
6. True and accurate copies of allpleadings from allrelated actions, including but not
limited to actions of any of the occupants of each of the vehicles involved in the subject accident,
including but not limited to any action brought by NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;
7. True and accurate copies of alldiscovery demands served from allrelated actions,
including but not limited to actions of any of the occupants of each of the vehicles involved in the
subject accident, including but not limited to any action brought by NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY
HOSPITAL ; and
8. True and accurate copies of alldiscovery responses received from allrelated actions,
including but not limited to actions of any of the occupants of each of the vehicles involved in the
subject accident, including but not limited to any action brought by NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY
HOSPITAL; and
9. True and accurate copies of all deposition transcripts from all related actions,
but not limited to actions of any of the occupants of each of the vehicles involved in the
including
subject acddent, but not limited to any action brought by JOHNNY RAY MARQUEZ; and
including
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10. True and accurate copies of all pleadings from all related actions, including but not
limited to actions of any of the occupants of each of the vehicles involved in the subject accident,
including but not limited to any action brought by JOHNNY RAY MARQUEZ;
11. True and accurate copies of alldiscovery demands served from allrelated actions,
including but not limited to actions of any of the occupants of each of the vehicles involved in the
subject accident, including but not limited to any action brought by JOHNNY RAY MARQUEZ; and
12. True and accurate copies of alldiscovery responses received from allrelated actions,
including but not limited to actions of any of the occupants of each of the vehicles involved in the
subject accident, including but not limited to any action brought by JOHNNY RAY MARQUEZ and
13. True and accurate copies of all deposition transcripts from all related actions,
including but not limited to actions of any of the occupants of each of the vehicles involved in the
subject accident; and
14. True and accurate copies of allpleadings from all related actions, including but not
limited to actions of any of the occupants of each of the vehicles involved in the subject accident;
15. True and accurate copies of alldiscovery demands served from all related actions,
including but not limited to actions of any of the occupants of each of the vehicles involved in the
subject accident; and
16. True and accurate copies of alldiscovery responses received from allrelated actions,
but not limited to actions of of the occupants of each of the vehicles involved in the
including any
subject accident.
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PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that these demands are continuing dernands and that ifany
of the above items are obtained after the date of this demand, they are to be furnished to the
undersigned pursuant to these demands, within twenty (20) days of receipt by defendant(s) or their
attorneys.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that ifno such documentation and/or information is inthe
possession, custody or control of any parties you represent, so state in a sworn reply to this demand
duly executed by an individual who actually conducted the search for each demand item.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that upon your failure to produce the aforesaid information
and/or documents, please provide a duly executed Affidavit of Search by an individual who actually
conducted the search as to each and every demand item that isunable to be produced, which shall
include a statement as to where the information or records were kept, what efforts, ifany, were
made to preserve them, the circumstances surrounding the disappearance or destruction. (see
Jackson v. City of New York, 185 A.D.2d 768, 770, 586 N.Y.S.2d 952 [1st Dept., 1992]; Virola v. New
[1St
York City Hous. Auth., 185 A.D.2d 122 Dept., 1992]; Donovan v. City of New York, 239 A.D.2d 461,
657 N.Y.S.2d 451[2nd Dept., 1997]). Jackson v. City of New York has been interpreted to require an
affidavit from a record searcher that must contain elements allowing the plaintiffand the court to
rely upon representations that a thorough search has been conducted by someone competent to do
said search. in Lewis v City of NY, 2007 NY Slip Op 27369, the Court stated that an affidavit of a
searcher attesting that requested records are missing should contain at a minimum information
regarding: a. The Qualifications of the Affiant; b. The Diligent Search Efforts, made to locate and
produce said reports and records including the date, time and place for each search conducted; c.
The Reason for the Absence, in that the affiant must provide a meaningful explanation as to why the
said reports and records are not now available; d. The Chain of Custody, in that affiant must provide
the identity of the person or persons who created the said reports and records as well as all other
persons in the authorized chain of custody; and ifunknown an explanation must be provided; e. The
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Last Known Possessor, in that the affiant must provide the identity of the person last in possession
of same; and ifunknown, an explanation must be provided; f. Storage Locations, in that allof the
authorized locations where such reports and records are, or should have been, preserved,
maintained and stored in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations must be identified;
and g. The Applicable Rules and Regulations, in that all rules and regulations relating to the
preservation, maintenance and storage of reports and other records, made by an employee or other
person charged with the obligation to make the said report and record, must be identified and a copy
of said rules and regulations must be made available and/or appended as an exhibit.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that upon your failure to produce the aforesaid information
and/or documents, a motion will be made for discovery and inspection and costs will be requested.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that under CPLR 3126, sanctions may be imposed for
deliberate, dilatory or wilful failure to comply with discovery (Commissioners of the State Insurance
Fund v. Valenzano, 175 A.D.2d 687, 572 N.Y.S.2d 681).
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the undersigned willobject upon trialto the introduction
of any items demanded above not so identified.
Dated: Brooklyn, New York
August 15, 2018
WESER & WESER, P.C.
Attorneys for Plaintiff(s)
OGUNWALE ELEBUTE
1392 Coney Island Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11230
(718) 338-3000
TO: WILSON ELSER MOSKOWITZ EDELMAN & DICKER LLP
Attorney(s) for Defendant(s)
NORTHWELL HEALTH, INC.,
NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
and JOHNNY RAY MARQUEZ
150 East 42nd Street
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New York, NY 10017-5639
Phone: 212-490-3000
Fax: 212-490-3038
Email: aviva.stein@wilsonelser.com
Email: rachel.budofskv@wilsonelser.com
File No.: 520675/2017
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AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE VIA EFILING SYSTEM
STATE OF NEW YORK ) ss.:
COUNTY OF KINGS )
REBECCA MITCHELL, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That I am not a party to this action, am over 18 years of age and reside in Brooklyn, New
York.
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That on , 20_l]_ deponent served the within NOTICE FOR DISCOVERY
AND INSPECTI N REGARDING RELATED ACTIONS upon the parties named below electronically
via the New York State Court's E-filing System upon the parties named below at the email
addresses listed on the E-filing system, being the email addresses designated by said parties for
that purpose.
TO: VIA E-FILING SYSTEM
WILSON ELSER MOSKOWITZ EDELMAN & DICKER LLP
Attorney(s) for Defendant(s)
NORTHWELL HEALTH, INC.,
NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
and JOHNNY RAY MARQUEZ
150 East 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017-5639
Phone: 212-490-3000
Fax: 212-490-3038
Email: aviva.stein@wilsonelser.com
Email: rachel.budofsky@wilsonelser.com
FileNo.: 520675/2017
REBECCA MITCHELL
Sworn to before me this
lio day of , 201.
IRA GORDON
NOTARY PUBLIC, S e of New York
No. 02G05028513
Qualified in Nassau County
Commission Expires May 31, 20
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