Goodwin v. Empire City Subway Co., Ltd.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Louis B. York, J.), entered on or about January 29, 2014, which denied the unopposed motion by the City of New York and the New York City Department of Transportation (collectively the City) to amend the answer to assert certain affirmative defenses and counterclaims, unanimously modified, on the law, to grant so much of the City’s motion as sought to assert affirmative defenses and cross claims other than affirmative defenses based on Workers’ Compensation Law, accord and satisfaction and the emergency doctrine, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.

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