Reversed, on the law and in the exercise of discretion, without costs, and the motion is granted.
Plaintiff Marjorie B. Wilson seeks leave to increase the ad damnum in this medical malpractice action from $900,000 to $2,000,000. While we cannot agree that inflation, standing alone, furnishes a sufficient basis for the increase here sought, particularly in light of the delay in bringing this action to trial, the additional hospitalizations since 1976, which...
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