Vega v. Lenox Hill Hospital

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Walter Tolub, J.), entered on or about November 29, 1995, which, insofar as appealed from, denied plaintiff’s motion for leave to amend the bill of particulars, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The motion to amend the bill of particulars was properly denied where it was made on the eve of trial, 10 years after the alleged malpractice and 8 years after service of the original bill of particulars, and plaintiffs failed to offer an adequate explanation for such delay. Further, the proposed amendment propounds material changes, introducing new theories of…