`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 120
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`INDEX NO. 601427/2017
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`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 09/11/2019
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`COURT
`SUPREME
`OF THE
`COUNTY
`OF SUFFOLK
`-----------------------------------------X
`JANET
`BARBASH,
`
`STATE
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`Index:
`
`601427/2017
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`-against-
`
`REPLY
`
`AFFIRMATION
`
`STEPHEN
`GREENPORT
`COMPANY,
`
`CLARKE,
`YACHT
`
`and
`individually
`& SHIPBUILDING
`
`d/b/a
`
`Defendant.
`
`____________________-----------------------X
`STEPHEN
`CLARKE,
`GREENPORT
`YACHT
`COMPANY,
`
`and
`individually
`& SHIPBUILDING
`
`d/b/a
`
`Calendar:
`201900136OT
`
`Third-Party
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`-against-
`
`Justice
`Hon.
`
`Assigned:
`Paul
`
`Baisley
`
`ARTHUR
`
`FELD,
`
`____________________________------------X
`
`Third-Party
`
`Defendant.
`
`JOHN
`
`H. MULVEHILL,
`
`being
`
`an
`
`attorney
`
`at
`
`law and
`
`admitted
`
`to practice
`
`in all
`
`of
`
`the
`
`courts
`
`in the
`
`State
`
`of New York,
`
`affirms
`
`under
`
`penalty
`
`of
`
`perjury
`
`pursuant
`
`to CPLR
`
`§2106
`
`that
`
`upon
`
`information
`
`and
`
`belief
`
`the
`
`following
`
`facts
`
`are
`
`true:
`
`1.
`
`That
`
`he
`
`is the
`
`attorney
`
`for
`
`the
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`JANET
`
`BARBASH,
`
`and
`
`submits
`
`this
`
`Affirmation
`
`in support
`
`of
`
`the motion:
`
`a.
`b.
`
`Order
`Order
`
`of Preclusion
`
`directing
`
`further
`
`and
`
`a further
`for
`disclosure
`and
`
`for
`
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`c.
`
`2.
`
`Such
`
`other
`
`and
`
`further
`
`relief
`
`as
`
`this
`
`Court
`
`may
`
`deem just
`
`and
`
`proper.
`
`I want
`
`to
`
`see
`
`the
`
`expert
`
`report
`
`of
`
`JAMES
`
`R. CERRUTI
`
`and ROY J.
`
`SCOTT
`
`that
`
`they
`
`conform
`
`to the
`
`Defendants
`
`Notice
`
`of Disclosure.
`
`3.
`
`I want
`
`to see
`
`the
`
`affidavits
`
`of Susano
`
`Jimenez,
`
`George
`
`Van
`
`Etten
`
`and
`
`Thomas
`
`Bernhardt,
`
`III
`
`that
`
`they
`
`conform
`
`to their
`
`statements.
`
`There
`
`is no
`
`proof
`
`that
`
`the
`
`disclosures
`
`can
`
`be
`
`relied
`
`upon.
`
`4.
`
`Defendant
`
`in
`
`his
`
`paragraph
`
`three
`
`claims
`
`plaintiff
`
`failed
`
`to
`
`cite
`
`any
`
`applicable
`
`rule
`
`or
`
`statute.
`
`See
`
`paragraph
`
`eight
`
`of my affidavit
`
`dated
`
`8/19/2019.
`
`5.
`
`The
`
`vessel
`
`was
`
`decimated
`
`in the
`
`explosion.
`
`Unavailability
`
`of
`
`evidence
`
`is
`
`a
`
`special
`
`circumstance
`
`totally
`
`warranting
`
`further
`
`disclosure.
`
`See
`
`Brooklyn
`
`Floor
`
`Maintenance
`
`v. Providence
`
`Washington
`
`Insurance
`
`Co.
`
`296AD
`
`2nd
`
`520
`
`(2nd
`
`Department
`
`2002);
`
`Rosario
`
`v. General
`
`Motors
`
`148AB2nd108
`
`(1989).
`
`WHEREFORE
`
`I
`
`respectfully
`
`request
`
`an
`
`Order
`
`of
`
`preclusion
`
`or
`
`in
`
`the
`
`alternative
`
`a further
`
`Order
`
`directing
`
`the
`
`defendant/third-party
`
`plaintiff
`
`to produce
`
`a
`
`copy
`
`of
`
`the
`
`reports
`
`of
`
`James
`
`R. Cerruti
`
`and
`
`Roy
`
`J. Scott
`
`and
`
`for
`
`a further
`
`Order
`
`directing
`
`the
`
`production
`
`of
`
`the
`
`affidavits
`
`of Susano
`
`Jimenez,
`
`George
`
`Van
`
`Etten
`
`and
`
`Thomas
`
`Bernhardt,
`
`Ill all
`
`sworn
`
`to on March
`
`7, 2019
`
`and
`
`for
`
`such
`
`other
`
`and
`
`further
`
`relief
`
`as
`
`this
`
`Court
`
`may
`
`deem just
`
`and
`
`proper.
`
`2 of 5
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`Dated:
`
`Saint
`James,
`September
`
`New York
`2019
`
`11,
`
`H. MULVEHILL
`
`3 of 5
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`AFFIRMATION
`
`OF GOOD FAITH
`
`JOHN
`
`H. MULVEHILL,
`
`being
`
`an
`
`attorney
`
`at
`
`law
`
`affirms
`
`under
`
`penalty
`
`of
`
`perjury
`
`pursuant
`
`to CPLR
`
`2106
`
`that
`
`upon
`
`information
`
`and
`
`belief
`
`the
`
`following
`
`facts
`
`are
`
`true:
`
`1.
`
`No good
`
`faith
`
`conferral
`
`was
`
`held
`
`pursuant
`
`to 22NYCR
`
`Section
`
`202.7
`
`(c)
`
`because
`
`the
`
`effort
`
`would
`
`be
`
`useless.
`
`Defendant
`
`has
`
`engaged
`
`in so much
`
`motion
`
`practice
`
`to date
`
`that
`
`any
`
`effort
`
`would
`
`be
`
`a waste
`
`of
`
`time.
`
`Dated:
`
`Saint
`James,
`September
`
`New York
`2019
`
`11,
`
`JOI
`
`N H MULVEHILL
`
`4 of 5
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`CERTIFICATE
`
`OF ELECTRONIC
`
`FILING
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`I hereby
`
`certify
`
`that
`
`on
`
`September
`
`11,
`
`2019
`
`I electronically
`
`filed
`
`the
`
`foregoing
`
`REPLY
`
`AFFIRMATION
`
`through
`
`the
`
`NYS
`
`CEF
`
`system.
`
`I
`
`certify
`
`that
`
`counsel
`
`of
`
`record
`
`for
`
`defendants/third-party
`
`plaintiffs
`
`and
`
`third-party
`
`defendant
`
`are
`
`registered
`
`as CEF
`
`Filer
`
`and
`
`that
`
`they
`
`will
`
`be
`
`served
`
`by
`
`the NYS CEF
`
`system.
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`N H. MULVEHILL
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