Greco v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.

• Decision Date: 10 February 1992
• Citation: Greco v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., 580 N.Y.S.2d 878, 180 A.D.2d 664 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)
• Parties: Michael J. GRECO, et al., Appellants-Respondents, v. AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent-Appellant.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

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580 N.Y.S.2d 878

180 A.D.2d 664

Michael J. GRECO, et al., Appellants-Respondents, v.AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division Second Department.

February 10, 1992

Smith & Laquercia, P.C., New York City(Thomas Michael Laquercia, Patrick A. Lyons, and Bruce A. Newborough, of counsel), for appellants-respondents.McCarthy, Fingar, Donovan, Drazen & Smith, White Plains (William F. Macreery and Deborah Yurchuk McCarthy, of counsel), for respondent-appellant.

In an action to recover damages for breach of contract, (1)the plaintiffs appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County(Wood, J.), entered March 6, 1990, as, upon renewal, adhered to an original determination denying the plaintiffs' cross motion for leave to amend their ad damnum clause, and (2)the defendant cross-appeals from so much of the same order as adhered to its original determination denying the defendant's motion to strikethe plaintiffs' note of issue.ORDERED that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.The court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in the refusing to allow the plaintiffs to amend their ad damnum clause. ...