Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1971

Burroughs v. East Hudson Parkway Authority

Burroughs v. East Hudson Parkway Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided October 4, 1971
37 A.D.2d 836; 325 N.Y.S.2d 1011; 1971 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3361
Burroughs v. East Hudson Parkway Authority

Opinion of the Court

In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, dated November 4, 1970, which granted plaintiff’s motion to increase the ad damnum of the complaint from $1,650,000 to $4,000,000, *837Order reversed and motion denied, without costs. In our opinion, the amount demanded in the ad damnum clause is adequate (Hines v. City of Poughkeepsie, 36 A D 2d 830). Hopkins, Acting P. J., Gulotta, Christ, Brennan and Benjamin, JJ., concur.

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