Rende v. Cutrofello

In an action to recover damages, inter alia, for medical malpractice, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (O’Donoghue, J.), dated February 23, 1995, which granted the plaintiffs’ motion to amend their complaint to add a new cause of action.

Ordered that the order is reversed, with costs, and the plaintiffs’ motion to amend their complaint is denied.

This action arose from the medical treatment of the plaintiff Mario Rende by the defendant starting in May 1990, when that plaintiff first consulted with the defendant for urinary tract problems. In June 1990, the…