Thomson McKinnon Securities, Inc. v. Cioccolanti

— In an action to recover damages for breach of a brokerage agreement, the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Gurahian, J.), dated April 8, 1987, which denied their motion for leave to amend their complaint in order to add a party defendant.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

A motion for leave to amend a complaint may be denied if *625the proposed amendment is devoid of merit (Sharaby v Gamel, 113 AD2d 748). We agree with the Supreme Court that the proposed amendment, which seeks to add Guard Hill Development Corporation as a defendant, is devoid…