DOE v. KARPF

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The defendant failed to demonstrate special circumstances warranting the discovery sought from the nonparty treating physicians ( see Tannenbaum v Tenenbaum, 8 AD3d 360; Lanzello v Lakritz, 287 AD2d 601; Murphy v Macarthur Holding B., 269 AD2d 507; Bunkley v Penske Truck Leasing Corp., 237 AD2d 399, 400).