ROSEN v. MHM REALTY LLC (2018)

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Erika M. Edwards, J.), entered December 14, 2017, which, inter alia, denied plaintiff's motion for a protective order or, in the alternative for an in camera inspection of the subject records, and directed plaintiff to provide defendants with an unlimited authorization for all mental health records for treatment in connection with his alleged injuries sustained for the period from January 1, 2013 to the present, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff put his mental condition in issue by seeking to recover damages for emotional distress as a result of the actions alleged in the complaint (CPLR 3101[a];  Cynthia B. v. New Rochelle Hosp. Med. Ctr., 60 N.Y.2d 452, 456–57, 470 N.Y.S.2d 122, 458 N.E.2d 363 [1983];  Budano v. Gurdon, 97 A.D.3d 497, 948 N.Y.S.2d 612 [1st Dept. 2012] ).  He did not specify how he or any third party would be subject to “unreasonable annoyance, expense, embarrassment, disadvantage or other prejudice” as a result of the disclosure of the mental health treatment records at issue (CPLR 3103[a] ).  Nor did plaintiff otherwise establish that disclosure would be detrimental to himself or a third party (cf. Cynthia B. at 461–462, 470 N.Y.S.2d 122, 458 N.E.2d 363).  In any event, it is noted that plaintiff previously stipulated to unlimited disclosure of his mental health treatment records (see Quilty v. Cormier, 115 A.D.3d 1229, 982 N.Y.S.2d 637 [4th Dept. 2014] ).

We have considered plaintiff's remaining arguments and find them unavailing.