Pacheco v. New York City Transit Authority — 223 A.D.2d 494

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Abel Pacheco, Respondent, v New York City Transit Authority, Appellant.

[637 NYS2d 927]

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Douglas McKeon, J.), entered March 8, 1995, which granted plaintiff’s motion to increase the ad damnum clause, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The IAS Court properly granted plaintiffs motion to increase the ad damnum clause since there was no prejudice to defendant (see, Loomis v Civetta Corinno Constr. Corp., 54 NY2d 18 ). The belatedness of the amendment and the exposure of defen

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dant to greater liability do not, standing alone, constitute cognizable prejudice (Dolan v Garden City Union Free School Dist., 113 AD2d 781 , 785). Furthermore, "[t]he matter of allowing an amendment is committed 'almost entirely to the court’s discretion to be determined on a sui generis basis’ ” (Murray v City of New York, 43 NY2d 400 , 404-405), which discretion was appropriately exercised herein. Concur—Murphy, P. J., Sullivan, Ellerin, Ross and Mazzarelli, JJ.

Cases cited

Loomis v. Civetta Corinno Construction Corp. 54 NY2d 18 N.Y. 1981-10-22 p. 494
Dolan v. Garden City Union Free School District 113 AD2d 781 N.Y. App. Div. 1985-09-09 at 785 p. 495
Murray v. City of New York 43 NY2d 400 N.Y. 1977-12-21 at 404-405 p. 495