Demetrio v. Stewart Title Insurance

In an action to recover damages for breach of a title insurance policy, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Fusco, J.), dated December 19, 2013, which granted that branch of the plaintiffs motion which was for summary judgment on the issue of liability, and denied, in part, its cross motion for leave to amend its answer.

Ordered that the appeal from so much of the order as denied, in part, the defendant’s cross motion for leave to amend its answer is dismissed as academic; and it is further,

Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as reviewed, on the…