Ober v. Hilton
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bracken, J.
Resolution of this appeal hinges on observance of the fundamental distinction between an order which permits a plaintiff to add a new defendant to a pending action (CPLR *18305 [a]; 1003), and an order which permits a plaintiff to amend the pleadings so as to change the designation of an existing defendant (CPLR 305 [c]). In holding that the plaintiffs in this case should not be permitted to add a new defendant (because the Statute of Limitations had run), the Supreme Court failed to observe this critical distinction. The plaintiffs’ application should not have been…
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