Order affirmed, with costs.
The granting of the protective order here was a proper exercise of discretion since the plaintiff's numerous demands were burdensome and oppressive, and many were so vague or inappropriate that no proper response could be formulated. In such a case, the demands should be vacated rather than pruned, as the "`burden of serving a proper demand is upon counsel, and [it is] not for the courts to correct a palpably bad
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