Worker Gets Discovery, Vacate Motions Granted

A New York appellate court ruled that a worker’s motion to vacate an order granting summary judgment on her personal injury action should have been granted and that she should have been allowed to receive some of the discovery she sought regarding her alleged assailant. Case: Gooden v. New York City Health and Hospitals Corp., No. 2019-09465 and 2021-04805, 05/31/2023, published.            Facts and procedural history: Simone Gooden worked for Horizon Health Care Staffing, which assigned her to work as a certified nursing assistan...