Lynbrook Glass & Architectural Metals, Corp. v. Elite Assoc., Inc

In Lynbrook Glass & Architectural Metals, Corp. v. Elite Assoc., Inc., 238 A.D.2d 319, 656 N.Y.S.2d 291, the Appellate Division, Second Department, held that the lower court properly exercised its discretion in denying a motion to compel the County of Nassau to disclose a mediation report that had been "prepared in connection with a mediation agreement, entered into as part of certain ongoing settlement negotiations between some of the parties to the numerous actions in this complex multiparty litigation." (Id.). The Court found that "as part of their attempt to settle this matter, the parties to the mediation agreed that the report and other similar reports, prepared expressly for the mediation, were to be kept confidential. It was therefore properly held to be protected from disclosure." (Id.).