TEAMSTERS LOCAL 237, INT'L BHD. OF TEAMSTERS, WELFARE FUND v. TRANS WORLD LIFE INS. CO. OF NEW YORK


88 A.D.2d 509 (1982)

Teamsters Local 237, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Welfare Fund, et al., Appellants-Respondents, v. Trans World Life Insurance Company of New York et al., Appellants-Respondents; New York State Commission of Investigation, Respondent, and New York State Insurance Department et al., Appellants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

May 4, 1982


The subpoenae duces tecum are framed in general, not specific terms, and seek an improper wholesale fishing expedition of the files and records of the three nonparty witnesses. This shotgun approach to disclosure is improper, overly broad and lacking in required specificity. Special Term's order in its finding as to the sufficiency of the subpoenae disregards the principles laid down in Rios v Donovan (21 A.D.2d 409). The principle...

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