L. Chester Glaser v. Daniel A. Shirk Et Al‪.‬

Order entered on December 4, 1962, unanimously modified, on the law and the facts and in the exercise of discretion, with $20 costs and disbursements to the appellants, to the extent of reinstating item (g) of defendants' demand for a bill of particulars. In suits by an attorney to recover for legal services, the rule relative to the furnishing of particulars is that ""the party should state separately the value of the services claimed to have been rendered with reference to each separate action or matter in its entirety"" (Gormly v. Smith, 165 App. Div. 169, 171; Carroad v. Regensburg, 17 A.D.2d 734). Guided by this rule, defendants included in their demand the following: (g) State separately the value of the services with respect to each separate matter."" Plaintiff contends in effect that his services, for which he billed in the lump sum of $45,000, relate to a single matter, namely representation, over a period of