Galanova v. Safir
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for defamation, the plaintiff appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kangs County (Bayne, J.), dated April 5, 2013, as denied her motion pursuant to CPLR 3025 (b) for leave to amend the complaint to add a cause of action alleging malicious prosecution.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
“In the absence of prejudice or surprise to the opposing party, leave to amend a pleading should be freely granted unless the proposed amendment is palpably insufficient or patently devoid of merit” (Marcum, LLP v Silva, 117…
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