Budimlic v. New York City Housing Authority

—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the defendant appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Santucci, J.), entered August 5, 1991, which, upon a jury verdict, awarded each plaintiff the principal sum of $11,000.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

The trial court did not improvidently exercise its discretion when it denied the appellant’s motion, made just prior to trial, for leave to amend its answer to include the affirmative defense of the Statute of Limitations (see generally, Hickey v Hutton, 182 AD2d 801, 802; Pegno Constr. Corp.…