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HERE PLAINTIFF SUBMITTED A SUPPLEMENTAL BILL OF PARTICULARS, NOT AN AMENDED BILL OF PARTICULARS, MORE THAN 30 DAYS BEFORE TRIAL; DEFENDANTS SHOULD HAVE ACCEPTED IT; LEAVE OF COURT WAS NOT REQUIRED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court in this slip and fall case, determined plaintiff was entitled to compel defendants to accept a second supplemental bill of particulars after plaintiff had surgery on her injured shoulder:

“Pursuant to CPLR 3043(b), a plaintiff in a personal injury action may serve a supplemental bill of particulars containing ‘continuing special damages and disabilities,’ without leave of the court at any time, but not less than 30 days prior to trial, if it alleges ‘no new cause of action’ or claims no ‘new injury'” (… quoting CPLR 3043[b]). Here, contrary to the defendants’ contention, the plaintiff sought to allege continuing consequences of the injuries suffered to her left shoulder and described in the original bill of particulars, rather than new and unrelated injuries … . Since the contested bill of particulars is a supplemental bill of particulars, rather than an amended bill of particulars, and was served more than 30 days prior to trial, leave of court was not required … . Miller v Great Vegetable Farm, Inc., 2025 NY Slip Op 04170, Second Dept 7-16-25

Practice Point: Here plaintiff documented the results of surgery on her injured shoulder in a supplemental bill of particulars. Because the document addressed injuries already alleged to have been caused by the slip and fall, and not new injuries, the document was a supplemental bill of particulars, not an amended bill of particulars. As long as a supplemental bill of particulars is served more than 30 days before trial, leave of court is not required and defendant must accept it.

 

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