Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
Contrary to the plaintiffs' contention, the Supreme Court properly denied that branch of their motion which was for leave to amend the complaint to add a claim for punitive damages against the defendant New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Center (hereinafter Cornell). Although leave to amend pleadings should be liberally granted (see CPLR 3025 [b]), "it is equally true that the...
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