Case Name: Home Indemnity Company, Appellant, v. City of Long Beach, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1977-05-02
Citations: 57 A.D.2d 832
Docket Number: 
Parties: Home Indemnity Company, Appellant, v City of Long Beach, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 57
Pages: 832–832

Head Matter:
Home Indemnity Company, Appellant, v City of Long Beach, Respondent.

Opinion:
In an action inter alia, on a contract, plaintiff appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, dated November 22, 1976, as, upon granting its motion for reargument, adhered to that portion of a prior order of the same court which granted defendant-respondent's motion for leave to amend its answer. Order affirmed insofar as appealed from, with $50 costs and disbursements. Leave to amend pleadings shall be freely given, unless substantial prejudice can be demonstrated (CPLR 3025). Plaintiff-appellant's claim of prejudice is too speculative to justify denying defendant's motion for leave to amend its answer. Hopkins, Acting P. J., Margett, Damiani and Rabin, JJ., concur.