Corwise v. Lefrak Organization

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Ritholtz, J.), entered January 25, 2011, as granted the plaintiffs motion for leave to amend the amended complaint to increase the ad damnum clause.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

In general, motions for leave to amend a pleading should be granted unless the proposed amendment is “palpably insufficient or patently devoid of merit, or where the delay in seeking the amendment would cause…