Suarez v. City of New York

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Herman Cahn, J.), entered June 2, 1990, denying plaintiff’s motion for leave to amend the complaint to increase the ad damnum clause from $500,000 to $10,000,000, unanimously reversed, on the law and on the facts and in the exercise of discretion, without costs or disbursements, and the motion granted.

On November 4, 1978, the 38-year-old plaintiff was allegedly assaulted, without provocation, by several New York City police officers in an East Harlem apartment. At the time, he owned a 50% interest in a neighborhood liquor store, and was a self-employed…