Graubard Mollen Horowitz Pomeranz & Shapiro v. 600 Third Avenue Associates

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Elliott Wilk, J.), entered April 24, 1998, denying plaintiffs motion to amend its complaint to seek monetary damages and granting defendant’s cross motion to restore the action to the trial calendar, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff withdrew its claims for monetary damages in 1994 and numerous subsequent pretrial rulings have been made in reliance upon the absence of any claim for damages. The action, after extraordinarily protracted discovery, is now trial ready, plaintiff having previously filed a note of issue and certificate of…