Branch v. Abraham & Strauss Department Store
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for assault, malicious prosecution, and false imprisonment, the defendant Abraham and Strauss Department Store appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Alpert, J.), dated March 1, 1994, which denied its motion for leave to serve an amended answer interposing the affirmative defense of res judicata and for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the basis of that defense.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
While leave to amend a pleading should be freely given (see, CPLR 3025 [b]), the decision…
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