![]() This section of the Civil Practice Law and Rules is provided as part of a free educational service by J. After the commencement of a matrimonial action or proceeding, upon motion brought by either party, upon such notice to the other party and to the non-party from whom financial disclosure is sought, and given in such manner as the court shall direct, the court may order a non-party to respond under oath to written interrogatories limited to furnishing financial information concerning a party, and further provided such information is both reasonable and necessary in the prosecution or the defense of such matrimonial action or proceeding. In the case of an action to recover damages for personal injury, injury to property or wrongful death predicated solely on a cause or causes of action for negligence, a party shall not be permitted to serve interrogatories on and conduct a deposition of the same party pursuant to rule 3107 without leave of court.Ģ. Except in a matrimonial action, a party may not serve written interrogatories on another party and also demand a bill of particulars of the same party pursuant to section 3041. Except as otherwise provided herein, after commencement of an action, any party may serve upon any other party written interrogatories. Contact Schlam Stone & Dolan partner John Lundin at if you or a client has a question regarding discovery obligations (and what to do if a litigant is not honoring those obligations).CPLR 3130: Use of Interrogatories CPLR 3130ġ. As this decision shows, a bill of particulars is intended to amplify the allegations of a pleading, not as a substitute for discovery devices, such as interrogatories. The scope of discovery in New York is broad, but it does not include the device discussed here: a demand for a bill of particulars. ![]() Accordingly, the defendants' separate motions, among other things, to strike the complaint insofar as asserted against each of them must be denied.Ī big part of complex commercial litigation is giving, receiving and evaluating evidence (this is called "discovery"). The defendants failed to demonstrate that the plaintiffs' delay in providing amended bills of particulars was willful. Accordingly, the order dated May 2, 2017, must be vacated.Ĭontrary to the defendants' contentions, the amended bills of particulars were sufficient given that the parties' depositions have not been held. Since CPLR 3104 did not authorize the J.H.O./Referee to determine the defendants' separate motions, among other things, to strike the complaint insofar as asserted against each of them based upon the defendants' objections to the plaintiffs' amended bills of particulars, and there exists no order of reference authorizing the J.H.O./Referee to determine the defendants' motions, the J.H.O./Referee was without authority to determine the defendants' separate motions, inter alia, to strike the complaint insofar as asserted against each of them. Since a bill of particulars is not a disclosure device but a means of amplifying a pleading, the present dispute over the contents of the plaintiffs' amended bills of particulars is not part of any disclosure procedure that CPLR 3104 authorizes a referee to supervise. ![]() We reverse.Īlthough the defendants are correct that the plaintiffs raise for the first time on appeal the contention that the J.H.O./Referee lacked authority under CPLR 3104 to issue the order dated May 2, 2017, this contention may be reached since it involves a question of law that is apparent on the face of the record and could not have been avoided by the Supreme Court if it had been brought to its attention. ![]() In the order appealed from, the Supreme Court denied the plaintiffs' motion to vacate. Thereafter, the plaintiffs moved to vacate that order. 03450, holding that a bill of particulars is not a discovery device, explaining:īy order dated May 2, 2017, a J.H.O./Referee granted the separate motions of the defendants New York Community Hospital and Hassan Farhat, the defendants Metropolitan Jewish Home Care, Inc., Metropolitan Jewish Health System, Home First, Inc., and Beth Israel Medical Center, and the defendants Yury Zamdborg and Ilya Bilik, inter alia, to strike the complaint insofar as asserted against each of them on the ground that the amended bills of particulars served by the plaintiffs in response to the defendants' motions failed to comply with multiple prior court orders directing the plaintiffs to provide the defendants with supplemental or amended bills of particulars. New York Community Hosp., 2021 NY Slip Op. On June 2, 2021, the Second Department issued a decision in Kramarenko v. Categories Commercial, Discovery/Disclosure Bill of Particulars Not a Discovery Device
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