EVANS v. Noakita Allen, R.N., et al., Defendants–Respondents. (2019)

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (George J. Silver, J.), entered April 11, 2018, which granted defendants' motion to compel plaintiff to provide cell phone records and produce her cell phone for inspection by defendants, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs, and defendants' motion denied.  Appeal from order, same court and Justice, entered November 21, 2018, which, in effect, granted plaintiff's motion for reargument and, upon reargument, adhered to the prior determination, unanimously dismissed, without costs, as academic.

The court should not have directed plaintiff to produce her phone and all of the material stored on it because defendants failed to meet the threshold for disclosure by showing that their request for plaintiff's cell phone was reasonably calculated to yield information material and necessary to its defense (see Forman v. Henkin, 30 N.Y.3d 656, 664–665, 70 N.Y.S.3d 157, 93 N.E.3d 882 [2018];  AllianceBernstein L.P. v. Atha, 100 A.D.3d 499, 954 N.Y.S.2d 44 [1st Dept. 2012] ).