Edmunds v. National Grange Mutual Insurance

— Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered September 29, 1980 in Albany County, which denied a motion by defendant National Grange Mutual Insurance Company to serve an amended answer and cross claim against defendants Arnold Applebaum Agency, Inc., and Irwin Applebaum. The instant motion by a defendant seeking leave to amend its answer so as to interpose cross claims against codefendants was made on the eve of trial over three and one-half years after issue was joined. We detect no abuse of discretion committed by Special Term in refusing to grant the application,…