DOE v. BLOOMBERG L.P.

Index No. 28254/16. Appeal No. 14741. Case No. 2021-01804.

200 A.D.3d 410 (2021)

154 N.Y.S.3d 766

2021 NY Slip Op 06754

Margaret Doe, Appellant, v. Bloomberg L.P. et al., Defendants, and Nicholas Ferris, Respondent.

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

Decided December 2, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Niall MacgiollabhuÍ, New York ( Niall MacgiollabhuÍ of counsel), for appellant.

Greenfield Stein & Senior, LLP, New York ( Paul T. Shoemaker of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Webber, J.P., Friedman, Oing, Shulman, Pitt, JJ.


The presumption in favor of open trials and the potential prejudice to defendant did not outweigh plaintiff's privacy interest (see Anonymous v Lerner, 124 A.D.3d 487, 487 [1st Dept 2015]). In addition to her own affidavit attesting to the psychological harm it would cause to disclose her name publicly, plaintiff submitted affidavits from her treating psychologist and psychiatrist, both...

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