Olencki v. Presbyterian Hospital

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for medical malpractice, the defendants Suffolk Heart Group, Eileen Bishop, and David Farr appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Pitts, J.), entered May 16, 2003, as denied their motion for leave to amend their answers to add the affirmative defense of culpable conduct on the part of the plaintiffs decedent.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

It is well settled that the determination as to whether to grant leave to amend the pleadings…