Thone v. Crown Equipment Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*724In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant Crown Equipment Corp. appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (LaMarca, J.), dated September 9, 2005, which granted the plaintiffs motion for leave to amend his complaint to add a demand for punitive damages against it.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the facts and as a matter of discretion, with costs, and the motion is denied.
Leave to amend a pleading pursuant to CPLR 3025 (b) should be freely granted absent prejudice or surprise resulting from the delay (see Edenwald Contr. Co. v City of New York,…
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