Kirkaldy v. Hertz Corporation

—In two related actions to recover damages for personal injuries, (1) the defendant Hertz Corpora*600tion appeals, as limited by its brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (I. Aronin, J.), entered May 24, 1994, as (a) denied the branches of its motion which were to dismiss the respective complaints insofar as asserted against it for failure to state a cause of action or to dismiss the complaints on the ground that New York is an inconvenient forum, and (b) granted the plaintiffs’ motion to amend their complaints to add a cause of action against Hertz Corporation for…