Legal Opinion
Fairpoint Companies, LLC v. Vella
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 29, 2015No. 16503N 102016/12 590538/12 150611/12PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Debra A. James, J.), entered March 20, 2015, which, to the extent appealed from, denied plaintiff Nancy McCormick Vella’s motion to amend her complaint to add Marlboro Group International, LLC (Marlboro) as a defendant under an alter ego theory, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Leave to amend a pleading “ ‘shall be freely given’ absent prejudice or surprise resulting directly from the delay” (McCaskey, Davies & Assoc. v New York City Health & Hosps. Corp., 59 NY2d 755, 757 [1983]; see also CPLR 3025 [b]). The movant need not establish the merit of her…
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