Case Name: Joseph Kowalski et al., Individually and as Parents and Natural Guardians of Joseph Kowalski, an Infant, Appellants, v. Jeffrey Gredzicki et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1993-10-01
Citations: 197 A.D.2d 872
Docket Number: 
Parties: Joseph Kowalski et al., Individually and as Parents and Natural Guardians of Joseph Kowalski, an Infant, Appellants, v Jeffrey Gredzicki et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 197
Pages: 872–872

Head Matter:
Joseph Kowalski et al., Individually and as Parents and Natural Guardians of Joseph Kowalski, an Infant, Appellants, v Jeffrey Gredzicki et al., Respondents.
[604 NYS2d 871]

Opinion:
—Order unanimously reversed on the law with costs and motion granted. Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in denying plaintiffs' motion for leave to amend the complaint. CPLR 3025 (b) provides that "[a] party may amend his pleading at any time by leave of court Leave shall be freely given" (emphasis added). In view of defendants' failure to show actual prejudice resulting from the proposed amendments, plaintiffs' motion should have been granted (see, Loomis v Corrino Constr. Corp., 54 NY2d 18, 23-24; Brewster v Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co., 185 AD2d 653). (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Erie County, Forma, J.—Amended Complaint.) Present—Green, J. P., Pine, Lawton, Fallon and Davis, JJ.