Case Name: Lawrence D. Gadley, Appellant, v. U.S. Sugar Company, Inc., Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1997-12-31
Citations: 245 A.D.2d 1112
Docket Number: 
Parties: Lawrence D. Gadley, Appellant, v U.S. Sugar Company, Inc., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 245
Pages: 1112–1113

Head Matter:
Lawrence D. Gadley, Appellant, v U.S. Sugar Company, Inc., Respondent.
[666 NYS2d 96]

Opinion:
—Order unanimously reversed on the law with costs and motion granted. Memorandum: Supreme Court improvidently exercised its discretion in denying plaintiffs motion for leave to amend the ad damnum clause of the complaint. Absent prejudice to a defendant, "a motion to amend the ad damnum clause, whether made before or after trial, should generally be granted" (Loomis v Civetta Corinno Constr. Corp., 54 NY2d 18, 23, rearg denied 55 NY2d 801; see, Smith v Lift-A-Loft Equip., 210 AD2d 989). (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Erie County, Whelan, J.— Amend Complaint.) Present—Denman, P. J., Green, Callahan, Balio and Fallon, JJ.