Aurora Medical Group, P.C. v. Genewick

Memorandum: Plaintiff commenced this action seeking damages for, inter alia, breach of its employment contract with defendant. We conclude that Supreme Court properly granted *1770plaintiff’s motion seeking leave to serve a second amended complaint. “[Generally, leave to amend a pleading should be freely granted in the absence of prejudice to the nonmoving party where the amendment[s are] not patently lacking in merit . . ., and the decision whether to grant leave to amend a [pleading] is committed to the sound discretion of the court” (Tag Mech. Sys., Inc. v V.I.P. Structures, Inc., 63 AD3d 1504,…