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MATTER OF WORLD TRADE CTR. BOMBING LITIG.

93 N.Y.2d 1 (1999)

709 N.E.2d 452

686 N.Y.S.2d 743

In the Matter of WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBING LITIGATION. STEERING COMMITTEE (Representing Plaintiffs), Respondent, v. PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 16, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur P. Berg, New York City, Milton H. Pachter and Arnold D. Kolikoff for appellant.

Davis Wright Tremaine, L. L. P., New York City (Victor A. Kovner, Sharon L. Schneier, Edward J. Davis and Carolyn K. Foley of counsel); Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (Martin London, Brad S. Karp, Steven C. Herzog and Lauren C. Panora of counsel); Fensterstock & Partners, L. L. P. (Blair C. Fensterstock and Ingrid Dreimann of counsel); Cozen & O'Connor (Richard Glazer and Gerard F. Belz, Jr., of the Pennsylvania Bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel); Parker & Waichman, Great Neck (Jerrold S. Parker and Herbert L. Waichman of counsel); Reingold, Valet & Reingold, P.C., New York City (Terrence E. McCartney of counsel); Sullivan & Liapakis, P. C. (Howard Goldstein and Cyrus M. Diamond of counsel), and Fuchsberg & Fuchsberg (Abraham Fuchsberg, Irwin Berg and Ari Michael Gross of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SMITH, LEVINE, CIPARICK, WESLEY and ROSENBLATT concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BELLACOSA, J.

The civil lawsuits assembled within this consolidated discovery dispute stem from negligence claims of individuals and businesses that allege various injuries and damages as a result of the World Trade Center (WTC) bombing in 1993. At issue are plaintiffs' pretrial efforts to obtain WTC building security plans and documents from the Port Authority (PA). Defendant PA opposes...

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