Candray v Eicher
2005 NY Slip Op 04523 [19 AD3d 352]
June 6, 2005
Appellate Division, Second Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, August 24, 2005


Gilberto Candray, Appellant,
v
Frances M. Eicher et al., Respondents.

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In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Hart, J.), dated October 8, 2004, which denied his motion pursuant to 22 NYCRR 202.21 (d) for leave to depose a nonparty witness.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the plaintiff's motion for leave to depose a nonparty witness, made after the filing of the note of issue and certificate of readiness. The plaintiff failed to offer any evidence of unusual or unanticipated circumstances subsequent to the filing such as would require additional pretrial proceedings to prevent substantial prejudice (see Gigliotti v Allstate Ins. Co., 258 AD2d 559 [1999]; Scocozza v Tolia, 254 AD2d 475 [1998]). Schmidt, J.P., Adams, Luciano and Rivera, JJ., concur.