Legal Opinion
Keating v. Nanuet Board of Education
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 2, 2007PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the third-party defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Rockland County (Alessandro, J.), dated May 1, 2006, which denied its motion for leave to amend its answer to the third-party complaint to include an affirmative defense based *624on the New Jersey Property and Liability Guaranty Association Act.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
While leave to amend a pleading should be freely given (see CPLR 3025 [b]), the decision as to whether to grant such leave is generally left to the sound discretion of the trial court…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Edenwald Contracting Co. v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Beuschel v. MalmAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- Fulford v. Baker Perkins, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- McKiernan v. McKiernanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- Pellegrino v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
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3Cited by3 opinions
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