Suffolk County must produce Emergency Phone Calls to litigants in Wrongful Death Case
The issue in this case is whether the county law prohibits the discovery of emergency phone calls, 911 tapes, in a civil litigation. Although a matter of first impression, the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR) provides for discovery in civil litigation, here a wrongful death lawsuit. Rule: Discovery is governed by CPLR Article 31. CPLR 3101 is, of course, to be liberally construed (see Allen v. Crowell-Collier Publ. Co., 21 NY2d 403, 406; Ferolito v. Arizona Bever
