Case Name: James A. Morrison, Appellant, v. Chemical Bank, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1994-01-06
Citations: 200 A.D.2d 391
Docket Number: 
Parties: James A. Morrison, Appellant, v Chemical Bank, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 200
Pages: 391–391

Head Matter:
James A. Morrison, Appellant, v Chemical Bank, Respondent.
[608 NYS2d 79]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Stuart Cohen, J.), entered February 17, 1993, which denied plaintiff's motion to compel examination before trial of two nonparty witnesses and granted defendant's cross motion for a protective order, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
The IAS Court acted within its discretion in finding that the previous depositions of the corporate employees responsible for the investigation and the decision to discharge plaintiff, as well as documents provided by defendant, were sufficient for plaintiff's purposes, and that the deposition now sought would be "unreasonably intrusive". We note that although the parties elected to chart their own course, the theory of liability for which disclosure was sought appeared nowhere in plaintiff's pleadings. Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Carro, Rosenberger and Wallach, JJ.