Case Name: Stanley Liebman et al., Respondents, v. Hillcrest General Hospital, Defendant, and Harold Greene et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1978-11-13
Citations: 65 A.D.2d 768
Docket Number: 
Parties: Stanley Liebman et al., Respondents, v Hillcrest General Hospital, Defendant, and Harold Greene et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 65
Pages: 768–768

Head Matter:
Stanley Liebman et al., Respondents, v Hillcrest General Hospital, Defendant, and Harold Greene et al., Appellants.

Opinion:
In a medical malpractice action, defendants Greene and Daiell sued herein as Daly, appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County, dated June 8, 1977, as denied their motion for a further bill of particulars as to Items Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 10 of their demand or, in the alternative, to preclude plaintiffs from offering at trial any evidence with respect to those items. Order modified by deleting therefrom the provision that the appellants' motion is denied and substituting therefor a provision granting the motion to preclude as to Items Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 10 of the demand for a further bill of particulars unless the plaintiffs prepare and serve a further bill of particulars as to the above-noted items with Item No. 1 to be limited to a "General statement of the acts or omissions constituting the negligence claimed" (CPLR 3043, subd [a], par [3]), as to each appellant, insofar as it is possible. Plaintiffs' time to serve the further bill of particulars is extended until 20 days after service upon them of a copy of the order to be entered hereon, together with notice of entry thereof. As so modified, order affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements. To the extent that the motion is granted, the bill of particulars is defective and does not, as it should, amplify the pleading, limit the issues and apprise the court and the parties as to what the pleader expects to prove. Mollen, P. J., Martuscello, Rabin and Gulotta, JJ., concur.