Tate v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Brown, J.), entered October 21, 1991 in Saratoga County, which granted plaintiffs’ motion to amend the complaint.
Plaintiffs* commenced this action claiming that defendant had breached its duty to provide them with certain benefits under their health benefits package. After the parties had engaged in extensive discovery, plaintiffs moved to amend their complaint to add a fifth cause of action for punitive damages. Supreme Court granted the motion and defendant appeals.
While recognizing that leave to serve an amended pleading should be freely granted…
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