Messina v. Portobello

In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Rubin, J.), dated December 12, 1983, which granted plaintiffs’ motion to increase the ad damnum clause in their original complaint and transferred the action from the Civil Court to the Supreme Court.

Order affirmed, with costs.

Upon a review of the record, we conclude that Special Term did not abuse its discretion in granting plaintiffs’ motion seeking to increase the ad damnum clause in their complaint and transferring the action from the Civil Court to…