135 Misc. 229 | City of New York Municipal Court | 1929
The bill of particulars plays a most important part in a litigation and is extremely helpful to both sides in the preparation of a case for trial. The tendency of the courts in recent years has been in favor of a liberal policy regarding such applications and to do away with the hair-splitting distinctions in the older cases, concerning what items do or do not call for the disclosure of evidence.
The problem to-day apart from a simplification of the procedure in applications for bills is to secure greater uniformity in courts of first instance in passing on items requested. On the motion before me I hold that in an action for work, labor and services, when disobedience of orders by an employee is set up as a separate defense, he is entitled to a statement of the specific acts of disobedience of which the employer will complain at the trial. Motion for a bill granted, as to items 2 to 10, inclusive; item 11, except as to names, and items 14 and 15; denied as to the remaining items. Order signed.