Germinario v. Seatrain Lines, Inc.

— Order of the Supreme Court, New York County, entered August 18, 1980 which granted plaintiff-respondent’s motion to increase the ad damnum clause of the complaint from $10,000 to $2,000,000 and to remove the action from the Civil Court to the Supreme Court, unanimously reversed, on the law, the facts, and in the exercise of discretion, and the motion denied, without costs and without disbursements. In this motion, made three years after commencement of the lawsuit, plaintiff seeks to increase his claim for damages by a factor of 200 times, i.e., from $10,000 to $2,000,000. Although such a…