Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with one bill of costs.
Contrary to the appellant's contention, the plaintiff properly commenced a direct action against it by the service of an amended complaint naming it as a defendant, after the service of the third-party complaint upon it and before it served a third-party answer (see CPLR 1009; Micari v Van Kesteren,
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