Legal Opinion
Continental Casualty Co. v. R.S. Look, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 3, 1995PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order unanimously affirmed with costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court properly granted defendant’s motion for leave to serve an amended answer. Leave to amend "shall be freely given” (CPLR 3025 [b]; see, Ciminelli Constr. Co. v County of Erie, 212 AD2d 1046 [decided herewith]), particularly when the proposed amendment does not set forth new facts, but merely adds an additional theory of recovery (Brewster v Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co., 185 AD2d 653; Trusthouse Forte [Garden City] Mgt. v Garden City Hotel, 106 AD2d 271, 272; Siegel, Practice Commentaries, McKinney’s Cons Laws of NY, Book 7B, CPLR…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Loomis v. Civetta Corinno Construction Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1981
- Trusthouse Forte Management, Inc. v. Garden City Hotel, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- Brewster v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- Frank L. Ciminelli Construction Co. v. County of ErieAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
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