ONILUDE v. CITY OF NEW YORK

309622/09-10540B. 10540A. 10540.

178 A.D.3d 499 (2019)

115 N.Y.S.3d 272

2019 NY Slip Op 08925

Tokunbo Onilude, Respondent, v. City of New York et al., Appellants.

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

Decided December 12, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zachary W. Carter , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Diana Lawless of counsel), for appellants.

Sivin & Miller, LLP, New York ( Edward Sivin of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Gische, J.P., Mazzarelli, Gesmer, Moulton, JJ.


The trial court improvidently exercised its discretion in precluding testimony from the witness who identified plaintiff to the police as an individual she had seen fleeing the scene of a crime. Defendants satisfied their discovery obligation by providing the witness's last known address and telephone number during discovery, more than four years before trial. Thus, there could have been no surprise or prejudice warranting the preclusion (see Castracane v Campbell,

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