Lee v. Allen
| Decision Date | 17 October 2018 |
| Docket Number | Index No. 65723/15E,2018–01895 |
| Citation | 83 N.Y.S.3d 916 (Mem),165 A.D.3d 907 |
| Parties | Dana LEE, etc., respondent, v. Gloria ALLEN, et al., appellants. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Law Office of David S. Klausner PLLC, White Plains, N.Y. (Stephen Slater of counsel), for appellants.
O'Connor Redd LLP, Port Chester, N.Y. (Kevin Page of counsel), for respondent.
MARK C. DILLON, J.P., COLLEEN D. DUFFY, FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, LINDA CHRISTOPHER, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Nicholas Colabella, J.H.O.), dated January 18, 2018. The order granted the plaintiff's motion pursuant to CPLR 3025 for leave to amend the complaint and bill of particulars to add a demand for punitive damages.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in granting the plaintiff's motion for leave to amend the complaint and bill of particulars to add a demand for punitive damages, as there was no prejudice or surprise to the defendants and the proposed amendment was not palpably insufficient or devoid of merit (see CPLR 3025[b] ; Postiglione v. Castro, 119 A.D.3d 920, 922, 990 N.Y.S.2d 257 ). Although the plaintiff unsuccessfully moved for the same relief in a prior motion, "[t]he doctrine of the law of the case does not bind appellate courts, and thus, this Court is not bound by the law of the case established by the prior determination" ( Hothan v. Mercy Med. Ctr., 105 A.D.3d 905, 905, 963 N.Y.S.2d 322 ).
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