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FILED: BRONX COUNTY CLERK 1072972014 05:33 PM INDEX NO. 21169/2011E
NYSCEF DOC. NO. 48 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 10/29/2014
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KELLEY PHILLIPS, Index No. 021169/2011
Plaintiff(s), VERIFIED BILL
OF PARTICULARS
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DREW SWISS and
MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER,
Defendant(s).
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Plaintiff(s), KELLEY PHILLIPS, as and for her Verified Bill of Particulars, in response
to the demand of Defendant(s), MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER, alleges upon
information and belief as follows:
1 Plaintiff, Kelley Phillips, date of birth is April 24, 1978. Her Social Security # is
265-93-6867.
2. Plaintiff, KELLEY PHILLIPS, resides at 1700 Mango Street NE, Palm Bay, FL
32905. Plaintiff's resident at the time of the subject accident and three years prior to the accident
was 3450 Wayne Avenue, Apt. 2R, Bronx, NY 10467.
3 The accident occurred on or about June 3, 2010 at approximately 10:30 AM.
4 The accident occurred on Bainbridge Avenue at East 211th Street, Bronx, New
York. The accident occurred when Plaintiff, Kelley Phillips, was rear-ended by Defendant, Drew
Swiss.
5, Plaintiff was a driver at the time of the subject accident.
6 Upon information and belief, there are no other parties involved in the subject
accident.
7 Objection, such information is evidentiary in nature and an improper question for
a bill of particulars.
8 Plaintiff was the driver of a 2000 Honda Civic sedan.
9-10. Objection, such information is evidentiary in nature and an improper question for
a bill of particulars.
11. Plaintiff is not making a claim for property damage at this time.
12. Plaintiff sustained serious injury as defined by 5102 of the Insurance Law of the
state of New York including but not limited to the significant disfigurement; a fracture;
permanent loss of use of a body organ, member, function or system; permanent consequential
limitation of a use of a body organ or member; significant limitation of a use of a body function
or system; or a medically determined injury or impairment of a non-permanent nature which
prevents plaintiff from performing substantially all of the material acts which constitute
plaintiff's usual and customary daily activities for not less than ninety days during the one
hundred eighty days immediately following the occurrence. Plaintiff has sustained a loss in
excess of the basic loss as defined by 5102 of the Insurance Law of the State of New York
including but not limited to all necessary expenses incurred for medical, hospital, surgical,
nursing, dental, ambulance, x-ray, prescription drug and prosthetic services, psychiatric, physical
and occupational therapy and rehabilitation; any other professional health services; and all other
reasonable and necessary expenses incurred.
13-14. Defendant was negligent, reckless, and careless in the ownership, operation,
management, maintenance, inspection, repair, and control of his motor vehicle. The Defendant
negligently, recklessly, and carelessly operated and/or allowed his motor vehicle to be operated at
excessive and unreasonably high rates of speed, at rates of speed too high for the conditions then
and there prevailing, and for the visibility and distances then and there existing, and/or at rates of
speed inconsistent with the reasonable operation of the motor vehicle. The Defendant was
negligent, reckless, and careless in failing and/or omitting to keep and maintain an alert and
proper lookout; in failing to look; in failing to see; in failing to look in the direction in which his
vehicle was proceeding and from which other vehicles were approaching; in failing to warn of
approach by bell, horn, or otherwise; in failing to obey traffic signals; in failing to slow his
vehicle as it approached the intersection; in failing to yield the right of way; in negligently failing
to timely and adequately stop and/or swerve; in failing to follow and keep to the roadway; in
failing to obey the rules and customs of the road; in failing to reasonably and adequately notice,
heed, and/or reasonably control speed and direction of his vehicle; and in failing to keep the
aforesaid motor vehicle under reasonable control so that the life and limb of persons and in
particular, the plaintiff herein, would not be endangered and not seriously injured. The Defendant
was negligent, reckless, and careless in failing and/or omitting to provide his vehicle with proper
and adequate tires, with proper and adequate treads, with proper and adequate brakes; in failing
and/or omitting to keep and maintain the foregoing in reasonably good condition when the
defendant, in the exercise of ordinary and reasonable care, knew or should have known that
decelerations and/or stops and/or turns were and would be required; in failing and/or omitting to
inspect, repair, adjust, maintain, and/or replace the tires, brakes, and/or steering mechanisms in a
reasonable and/or proper manner; in failing and/or omitting to inspect fluid levels and/or
reservoirs and to keep the same filled with proper and clean fluids and as specified by the
manufacturers; in failing to check for the presence of and/or to eliminate air from the braking
system and to keep its reaction times reasonably quick; in failing and/or omitting to provide and
make prompt and timely use of braking mechanisms and/or steering mechanisms; and in failing
to pay, and continue adequately to pay, attention to driving said vehicle and operating the vehicle
properly and safely; in stopping in an inappropriate spot.
15. Plaintiff, KELLEY PHILLIPS, suffered the following permanent, serious personal
injuries:
Disk berniation and annular tear of L5S-S1;
Degenerative disk disease of L5-S1;
Chronic neck pain and bilateral upper extremity pain;
Mild bulging disks of C5-6, C6-7;
Mild disk degeneration of LS-S1;
Closed head injury with post traumatic headaches and cognitive loss;
Chronic debilitating back and occasional leg pain;
On 12/27/12 Plaintiff underwent L3 through S1 lumbar discography via
diskogram with C-arm radiologic interpretation;
Major depressive disorder;
Agoraphobia with panic disorder;
Generalized anxiety disorder;
Anxiety state;
Plaintiff claims aggravation of a pre-existing condition of the lumbar,
cervical and thoracic spine;
Plaintiff claims exacerbation of a latent disease and or condition
of the lumbar, cervical and thoracic spine;
As a result of the above injuries, Plaintiff suffers pain and
tenderness, weakness, loss of function, loss of strength, limitation and
restriction of motion, and pain on motion.
Plaintiff was caused to suffer and continues to suffer severe
anxiety and severe concern over possible development of further complications
due to the injuries.
Upon information and belief, these injuries aggravated, activated,
and/or precipitated any underlying hypertrophic, degenerative, arthritic,
circulatory, arterial, venous, and/or systemic conditions which were asymp-
tomatic prior to the accident complained of.
All of the aforementioned injuries, manifestations, resulting
disabilities, and involvements are associated with further soft tissue injury to
the areas traumatically affected, including injury, tearing, derangement, and
damage to the associated muscle groups, ligaments, tendons, blood vessels, and
blood supply, nerves and nerve tissue, epithelial tissue, soft tissue, all
concomitant to the specific injuries and related to many portions mentioned
hereinabove, with resultant pain, deformity, and disability, stiffness,
tenderness, weakness, and partial restriction and limitation of motion and pain
on motion and possible loss of the use of the above- mentioned parts, atrophy,
anxiety, and mental anguish and all have substantially prevented the plaintiff
from enjoying the normal fruits of activities (social, educational, and eco-
nomic). Plaintiff's enjoyment of life has been permanently impaired, impeded,
and reduced.
Plaintiff sustained a shock to her body and nervous system.
Upon information and belief, these injuries and their sequelae are
permanent, chronic, and lasting in their nature and character with permanent
effects of pain, loss of use, loss of motion, disability, loss of proper use,
atrophy, pain, anxiety, embarrassment, and mental anguish.
Plaintiff reserves the right to prove any and all further
consequences arising out of the said injuries up to and at the time of the trial.
16. All injuries claimed herein are believed to be permanent in nature.
17. Plaintiff objects to the demands seeking the names and addresses of all medical
providers as secking information outside the scope of a bill of particulars. See, N.Y. C.P.L.R. §
3043 (a). Under the current state of our laws, a plaintiff in a personal injury action is not required
to furnish, in connection with defendant’s demand for a bill of particulars, the names of
witnesses, hospitals or physicians. See, e.g., Adair v. Young, 205 N.Y.S.2d 463 (1959); Hanlon
y. Geary, 19 Misc.2d 827, 190 N.Y.S.2d 20 (1959).
18. Please refer to # 15.
19. Plaintiff was confined to bed from 6/3/2010 — 4/1/2011 and confined to home
from 6/3/2010 — 5/31/2011 except for visits for necessary medical aid, treatment and attention.
Further information will be provided upon completion of depositions.
20-21. Upon information and belief, Plaintiff received treatment and/or was confined to
the following hospitals:
(a) Montefiore Medical Center, 111 E. 210" St, Bronx, NY;
ER Visit: 6/3/2010
Admission # 1: 6/30/2010 — 7/1/2010
Admission # 2: 8/12/2010— 8/20/2010
Admission # 3: 9/7/2010 — 9/11/2010
Admission # 4: 11/1/2010— 11/16/2010
Admission # 5: 1/25/2011 — 1/29/2011
(b) Holmes Regional Medical Center, 1350 S. Hickory Street, Melbourne, Fl 32901;
Admission # 1: 7/22/2011 — 7/29/2011
Admission # 2: 8/5/2011 — 8/16/2011
Admission # 3: 9/10/2012 — 9/18/2012
(c) Wuestoff Medical Center, 250 N. Wickman Rd, Melbourne, FL 32935;
Admission# 1: 1/28/2012 — 1/30/2012
(d) Palm Bay Hospital, 1425 Malabar Rd, Palm Bay, FL 32907;
Admission # 1: 9/6/2012 -9/10/2012
22-23. Upon information and belief, plaintiff has been totally disabled since the date of the
subject accident. Further information will be provided upon completion of depositions.
24, At the time of the subject accident, Plaintiff was employed as a surgical resident at
Jacobi Medical Center, 1400 Pelham Parkway, Bronx, NY. Prior to her employment Plaintiff was a full
time student.
25. Plaintiff has been unemployed from the date of the subject accident to date and
continuing.
26. Plaintiff was not self-employed.
27-28. Special damages incurred to be provided upon receipt.
29-30. Plaintiff is not making a claim for loss of services at this time.
31-32. Defendant violated various statutes, rules, regulations, and ordinances of the
Vehicle and Traffic Law, and of the City and State of New York and will request the Court, at
Trial, take judicial notice of these and other statutory violations committed by the Defendant.
33-37. Objection, such information is evidentiary in nature and an improper question for
a bill of particulars.
38-39, Upon information and belief, there are no other pending actions regarding the
subject accident.
Dated: New York, New York
March 27, 2014
Yours, etc.,
acl AS
HACH & ROSE, LLP
Attorneys for Plaintiff(s)
KELLEY PHILLIPS
185 Madison Avenue — 14" Floor
New York, NY 10016
212.779.0057
To: Havkins Rosenfeld Ritzart & Varriale, LLP
Attorneys for Defendant(s)
MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER
114 Old Country Road, Suite 300
Mineola,
NY 11501
(516) 620-1700
File #: 11190-000305
O'Connor Meguiness Conte Doyle & Oleson
Attorneys for Defendant(s)
DREW SWISS
One Barker Avenue, Suite 675
White Plains, NY 10601
(212) 685-8095
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COUNTY OF NEW YORK }
Michael A. Rose, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That deponent is a member with HACH & ROSE, L.L.P., attomeys for the plaintiff in the
within action; that the deponent has read the foregoing BILL OF PARTICULARS and knows
the contents thereof; that the same is true to deponents knowledge except as to the maiters therein
stated to be alleged upon information and belief, and as to those matters deponent believes it to
be true and the reasons that this verification is not made by the plaintiff and is made by deponent
is that plaintiff does not reside in the county where the attorney for the plaintiff have their office.
Deponent further says that the source of deponent’s information and the grounds of
deponent’s beliefs as to all matters not stated upon deponent’s knowledge are from investigation
made on behalf of said plaintiff.
Dated: New York, New York
March 27, 2014
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185 Madison Avenue, 14" Floor
New York, NY 10016
Tel. (212) 779-0057
Fax. (212) 779-0028