Breger v. City of New York

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants Marvin Hellman and Rozi Hellman appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Hinds-Radix, J.), dated March 1, 2006, which denied their motion for leave to serve an amended answer.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs to the plaintiff-respondent.

The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the appellants’ motion for leave to serve an amended answer. The appellants did not offer a sufficient excuse for failing to make this motion until almost nine years after serving their original…