Kingsgate Associates v. Advest, Inc.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Beatrice Shainswit, J.),

In this consolidated action for damages arising out of the alleged improper liquidation of a securities account, it was not an abuse of discretion to grant the protective orders (CPLR 3103 [a]; Stambovsky v Reiner, 145 AD2d 309 , 310). The discovery notices were served after the court-ordered discovery cutoff date had passed (see, Silber v Silber, 111 AD2d 889 ), and plaintiffs failed to offer any reasonable explanation for a seven-year delay in seeking disclosure (see, National Union Fire Ins. Co. v Glass Check Cashing Corp., 177 AD2d 419 ). Finally, the massive disclosure request lacked the " 'requisite specificity’ ” for production (Mendelowitz v Xerox Corp., 169 AD2d 300 , 304), and the court properly limited plaintiffs’ discovery to those items previously specified to the court as necessary (see, Silber v Silber, supra, at 889-890 ). Concur— Murphy, P. J., Ellerin, Ross, Nardelli and Williams, JJ.