Legal Opinion
Bomar v. Lane
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 25, 1999PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Ruchelsman, J.), dated September 3, 1998, which granted the defendants’ motion to amend their answer to interpose four counterclaims.
Order that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in granting the defendants’ motion for leave to amend their answer so as to interpose certain counterclaims. No prejudice or surprise resulted from the delay, and the proposed counterclaims are neither totally devoid of merit nor…
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