Although this motion was made 18 months after the joinder of issue, we are of the view that amendment of the ad damnum clause from $10,000 to $250,000 and removal of the action from the Civil Court to the Supreme Court, New York County, should have been permitted. The accident occurred on October 31, 1977 when plaintiff allegedly slipped and fell on the sidewalk on Oliver Street, Manhattan, by reason of the protrusion of a metal pole above the surface of the sidewalk...
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