Brooks v. Robinson

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant Brian M. Chambers, Jr., appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Brands, J.), dated October 4, 2007, as denied that branch of his motion which was for leave to amend his answer.

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

A determination whether to grant leave to serve an amended pleading is within the trial court’s broad discretion, the exercise *407of which will not be lightly disturbed (see Ingrami v Rovner, 45 AD3d 806 [2007];…