Case Name: Luis Q. Pineda, an Infant, by His Mother Mildred L. Pineda, et al., Respondents, v. J. B. Roerig & Co., Division of Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc., Appellant, et al., Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1974-01-28
Citations: 43 A.D.2d 827
Docket Number: 
Parties: Luis Q. Pineda, an Infant, by His Mother Mildred L. Pineda, et al., Respondents, v. J. B. Roerig & Co., Division of Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc., Appellant, et al., Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 43
Pages: 827–827

Head Matter:
Luis Q. Pineda, an Infant, by His Mother Mildred L. Pineda, et al., Respondents, v. J. B. Roerig & Co., Division of Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc., Appellant, et al., Defendant.

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County, entered on June 20, 1972, denying appellant's motion for a protective order vacating interrogatories served by respondents, unanimously modified, on the law, on the facts and in the exercise of discretion, to the extent of limiting the information sought in interrogatory numbered XIII to a statement or copy of any package inserts and striking interrogatories numbered XXXIV, XXXV, XXXVI and XXXVII. Except as so modified, said order is affirmed, without costs and without disbursements. The appeal from the order of said court entered on October 3, 1972, denying appellant's motion for reargument, is dismissed as nonappealable, without costs and without disbursements. The material sought in interrogatory XIII is too broad and all-encompassing to constitute a proper request and should be limited to the extent above indicated. The same objection applies to interrogatories XXXIV, XXXV and XXXVI which seek information concerning appellant's drug sales and gross profits. Moreover, they apparently seek to circumvent a prior unappealed order of Special Term denying respondents' request to discover and inspect appellant's profit and loss statement. Accordingly, said interrogatories should be stricken. Interrogatory XXXVII improperly calls for an opinion as to a conclusion of law and should also be stricken. Concur — McGivern, P. J., Murphy, Steuer and Capozzoli, JJ.