D'ONOFRIO v. ST. JOSEPH'S HOSP. HEALTH CTR.


101 A.D.2d 686 (1984)

Nancy D'Onofrio et al., Appellants, v. St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

April 12, 1984


Order unanimously reversed, with costs, and motion granted.

Memorandum:

Special Term erred in denying plaintiffs' motion for leave to serve an amended complaint (CPLR 3025, subd [b]). Leave to amend pleadings should not be denied on the basis of "`lateness'" unless it is "`coupled with significant prejudice to the other side, the very elements of the laches doctrine.'" (Edenwald Contr. Co. v City of New York, 60 N.Y.2d 957

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