While leave to amend pleadings should be freely granted (CPLR 3025 [b]), a court will not grant a motion to amend a complaint to allege a cause of action for wrongful death unless it is supported by competent medical proof showing a causal connection between the alleged negligence and the decedent's death (see, Kordonsky v Andrst,
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