Case Name: Jose Estrella et al., Respondents, v. New York City Transit Authority, Appellant, et al., Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2004-04-22
Citations: 6 A.D.3d 305
Docket Number: 
Parties: Jose Estrella et al., Respondents, v New York City Transit Authority, Appellant, et al., Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 6
Pages: 305–306

Head Matter:
Jose Estrella et al., Respondents, v New York City Transit Authority, Appellant, et al., Defendant.
[775 NYS2d 139]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert D. Lippmann, J.), entered June 16, 2003, which granted plaintiffs' motion to amend the complaint to add a cause of action under General Municipal Law § 205-e, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The motion was properly granted upon a record showing that the facts underlying the amendment were made known to defendant-appellant at an early stage of the action, and where the amendment seeks only to add a new theory of liability based on those facts (see Falk v National Union Fire Ins. Co., 249 AD2d 238 [1998]). Concur—Tom, J.P., Saxe, Ellerin and Lerner, JJ.