The motion was properly denied since plaintiff did not plead an exception to CPLR 1601, which operates to limit defendants' liability to their respective equitable shares of fault, and never sought leave to amend her pleadings to include such exception until after the verdict was rendered and the jury was discharged (see Cole v Mandell Food Stores,
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