Order unanimously reversed on the law with costs and motion granted.
Memorandum:
Supreme Court improvidently exercised its discretion in denying plaintiff's motion for leave to amend the ad damnum clause of the complaint. Absent prejudice to a defendant, "a motion to amend the ad damnum clause, whether made before or after trial, should generally be granted" (Loomis v Civetta Corinno Constr. Corp.,
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