Case Name: Evan M. Dentes, Individually and as Officer and Director of Evan M. Dentes, M.D., P. C. and as Copartner in Onondaga Surgical Associates, Appellant, v. Frederick E. Wetherell, Individually and as Officer and Director of Frederick E. Wetherell, M.D., P. C. and as Copartner in Onondaga Surgical Associates, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1988-04-08
Citations: 139 A.D.2d 899
Docket Number: 
Parties: Evan M. Dentes, Individually and as Officer and Director of Evan M. Dentes, M.D., P. C. and as Copartner in Onondaga Surgical Associates, Appellant, v Frederick E. Wetherell, Individually and as Officer and Director of Frederick E. Wetherell, M.D., P. C. and as Copartner in Onondaga Surgical Associates, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 139
Pages: 899–899

Head Matter:
Evan M. Dentes, Individually and as Officer and Director of Evan M. Dentes, M.D., P. C. and as Copartner in Onondaga Surgical Associates, Appellant, v Frederick E. Wetherell, Individually and as Officer and Director of Frederick E. Wetherell, M.D., P. C. and as Copartner in Onondaga Surgical Associates, Respondent.

Opinion:
— Order unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed with costs to plaintiff, in accordance with the following memorandum: In the absence of prejudice to defendant, plaintiff's motion for leave to amend his complaint should have been granted (see, Newton v Aqua Flo Co., 106 AD2d 919). Two of the causes of action plaintiff seeks to add to his amended complaint, however, are patently insufficient and plaintiff should not be permitted to add them (see, De Forte v Allstate Ins. Co., 66 AD2d 1028). The order appealed from is modified, therefore, by granting plaintiff's motion to serve the proposed amended complaint after deleting the second and third causes of action for infliction of extreme emotional distress. (Appeal from order of Supreme Court, Onondaga County, Mordue, J. — amend complaint.) Present — Doerr, J. P., Denman, Boomer, Green and Lawton, JJ.