Case Name: Ovidio Santana, Respondent, v. Rafael Acosta et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2004-11-23
Citations: 12 A.D.3d 282
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ovidio Santana, Respondent, v Rafael Acosta et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 12
Pages: 282–282

Head Matter:
Ovidio Santana, Respondent, v Rafael Acosta et al., Appellants.
[784 NYS2d 860]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Janice L. Bowman, J.), entered May 1, 2003, which granted plaintiff's motion to amend the ad damnum clause of the complaint and to transfer the action from Civil Court, Bronx County, to Supreme Court, Bronx County, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
"[I]n the absence of prejudice to the defendant, a motion to amend the ad damnum clause . . . should generally be granted" (Loomis v Civetta Corinno Constr. Corp., 54 NY2d 18, 23 [1981]). Defendants show no prejudice. Concur—Mazzarelli, J.P., Williams, Friedman, Gonzalez and Catterson, JJ.