Geofredo v. Starwood Capital Group, LLC

Plaintiff Teresa D. Geofredo (“Geofredo”) has appealed the denial of her postjudgment motion to amend her complaint by substituting the city of Worcester as the defendant. There was no abuse of judicial discretion in the denial of that motion.

Geofredo alleges that on February 1,2006, she exited the Bank of America at 100 Front Street in Worcester, Massachusetts, proceeded along “an adjacent walking area,” tripped over “bricks that protruded from the sidewalk area,” fell, and was injured. Although she claimed that it was a sidewalk defect that caused her fall, Geofredo commenced this tort…