Case Name: Charnie Rosenbaum, Respondent, v. Samuel Festinger, Also Known as Roger Hess and Others, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2017-06-14
Citations: 151 A.D.3d 897
Docket Number: 
Parties: Charnie Rosenbaum, Respondent, v Samuel Festinger, Also Known as Roger Hess and Others, Appellant.
Judges: Chambers, J.P., Roman, Miller and Connolly, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 151
Pages: 897–897

Head Matter:
Charnie Rosenbaum, Respondent, v Samuel Festinger, Also Known as Roger Hess and Others, Appellant.
[54 NYS3d 301]

Opinion:
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Rachel A. Adams, J.), dated December 30, 2014. The order granted those branches of the plaintiff's motion which were pursuant to CPLR 3126 to preclude the defendant from offering evidence at trial as to his financial circumstances unless he complied with certain discovery requests and for an award of counsel fees.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The defendant's argument that the plaintiff's motion for a conditional order of preclusion based on his failure to comply with discovery demands should have been denied for the failure to file an affirmation of good faith is not properly before this Court because it was not raised in opposition to the motion (see Pepenella v Brumar Day Spa Corp., 143 AD3d 876, 877 [2016]; Mariano v Fiorvante, 118 AD3d 961, 962 [2014]).
The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in awarding counsel fees to the plaintiff for the necessity of bringing the motion (see CPLR 3126).
The defendant's remaining contentions are without merit.
Chambers, J.P., Roman, Miller and Connolly, JJ., concur.