Poulos v. U-Haul International, Inc.

—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Schmidt, J.), dated August 5, 2002, which denied their motion for leave to amend their answer to assert the defense of the statute of limitations, and for summary judgment dismissing the complaint based upon that defense.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, the answer is deemed amended to assert the defense of the statute of limitations, and the complaint is dismissed as time-barred.

*481The instant action was commenced in…