DOE v. YESHIVA UNIV.

Index No. 950012/20. Appeal No. 14143N. Case No. 2020-02622.

195 A.D.3d 565 (2021)

146 N.Y.S.3d 482

2021 NY Slip Op 04101

John Doe, Respondent, v. Yeshiva University et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants.

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

Decided June 29, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seyfarth Shaw LLP, New York ( Karen Y. Bitar of counsel), for appellants.

Meirowitz & Wasserberg, LLP, New York ( Kush Shukla of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Manzanet-Daniels, J.P., Kern, Mazzarelli, Shulman, JJ.


Following a comprehensive balancing of plaintiff's privacy interests against the presumption in favor of public disclosure and any prejudice to defendant, the court providently exercised its discretion in granting plaintiff's motion to proceed anonymously (see Anonymous v Lerner, 124 A.D.3d 487 [1st Dept 2015]). The court credited plaintiff's assertions that he feared not only embarrassment...

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