Case Name: Carl Cataldo, Appellant, v. Long Island Rail Road Company, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1945-01-15
Citations: 268 A.D. 1054
Docket Number: 
Parties: Carl Cataldo, Appellant, v. Long Island Rail Road Company, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 268
Pages: 1054–1054

Head Matter:
Carl Cataldo, Appellant, v. Long Island Rail Road Company, Respondent.

Opinion:
— Action to recover damages for personal injuries. Order denying plaintiff's motion for the examination before trial of the defendant by its employee Case reversed on the law, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and the motion granted, with ten dollars costs, the examination to proceed on five days' notice. The examination should have been granted since Case was at the time of the accident and still is an employee of the defendant and one whose testimony is material and necessary. (Civ. Prac. Act, § 289.) Further, special circumstances existed warranting the examination as the witness was presumably hostile. (Favole v. Gallo, 261 App. Div. 974, Zirn v. Bradley, 257 App. Div. 832.) Close, P. J., Hagarty, Carswell, Adel and Lewis, JJ., concur.