Pirrotti & Pirrotti, LLP v. Estate of Warm
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In two related actions, inter alia, to recover an attorney’s fee and to recover damages for breach of fiduciary duty, which were joined for trial, the defendants in action No. 2 appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Putnam County (Hickman, J.), dated August 20, 2003, which granted the motion of the plaintiffs in that action for leave to amend the complaint to add a claim for punitive damages.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
Leave to amend a complaint is to be freely granted absent prejudice or surprise to the defendants, or unless the proposed amendment is patently devoid…
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