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ALAN STERNBERGER, Respondent, v. REBECCA OFFEN et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

We find that the Supreme Court did not abuse its discretion in denying the defendants' motion to compel the plaintiff to provide authorizations for the release of medical records pertaining to the plaintiff's preexisting psychiatric disorder.

The plaintiff was struck by an automobile operated by the defendant Offen and owned by the defendant Oakwood Village Association while crossing an intersection in Kings County. He commenced the instant action to recover damages for injuries he sustained as a result of the defendants' alleged negligence. The plaintiff did provide authorizations for the release of medical records from the date of the accident to the present time. While the plaintiff makes no claim for aggravation of a preexisting emotional or mental condition, nevertheless, the defendants seek information pertaining to the plaintiff's mental condition during the period of time preceding the accident. This is neither material nor necessary to the defense of this action and the motion to compel disclosure was, therefore, properly denied (see, CPLR 3101 [a]; Cooperstein v. Patrician Estates, 97 A.D.2d 426; Andrew F. Capoccia, P.C. v. Spiro, 88 A.D.2d 1100). Mollen, P.J., Lawrence, Eiber, Sullivan and Balletta, JJ., concur.

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STERNBERGER v. OFFEN
(Mar 14, 1988)