Krown v Jeffrey I. Mechanic, MD, P.C
Annotate this CaseDecided on January 14, 2010
APPELLATE TERM OF THE SUPREME COURT, FIRST DEPARTMENT
PRESENT: Schoenfeld, J.P., Shulman, Hunter JJ
570691/09.
Linda Krown, Plaintiff-Appellant,
against
Jeffrey I. Mechanic, MD, P.C., and Dr. Elise Brett, Defendants-Respondents.
Plaintiff appeals from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, New York
County (Joan M. Kenney, J.), entered September 21, 2009, which denied her motion to amend
the complaint to assert a claim for punitive damages.
Per Curiam.
Order (Joan M. Kenney, J.), entered September 21, 2009, affirmed, with $10 costs.
Civil Court providently exercised its discretion in denying plaintiff's motion to amend the
complaint to assert a claim for punitive damages. The motion was made more than eight months
after the notice of trial was filed and after the trial had been adjourned on multiple occasions
(see Schiffer v Speaker, 36 AD3d 520 [2007]; see also Kassis v Teacher's Ins. and
Annuity Assn., 258 AD2d 271 [1999]), and, under the circumstances presented, defendants
would be prejudiced by the belated amendment (see Chichilnisky v Trustees of Columbia
Univ., 49 AD3d 388 [2008]; Heller v Provenzano, 303 AD2d 20 [2003]).
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE COURT.
I concur I concurI concur
Decision Date: January 14, 2010
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