Legal Opinion
Garguilo v. Port Auth. of N.Y. & N.J.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 31, 2016No. 115054/08 682 681PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Orders, Supreme Court, New York County (Eileen A. Rakower, J.), entered June 10, 2015, which granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint, and denied plaintiff’s motion to strike the answer, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
“Leave to amend pleadings, including a bill of particulars, is to be freely given, absent prejudice or surprise” (Cherebin v Empress Ambulance Serv., Inc., 43 AD3d 364, 365 [1st Dept 2007]). However, “[w]hen an amendment to a pleading or a bill of particulars is sought at or on the eve of trial, judicial discretion in allowing such amendment should be discreet,…
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