Opinion
15730 Index No. 161168/14 Case No. 2020–03460
04-14-2022
Ronald A. NIMKOFF, Practicing Law Under the Name, The Nimkoff Firm, Plaintiff–Respondent–Appellant, v. Solomon SHARBAT et al., Defendants–Appellants–Respondents.
Sarfaty & Associates, P.C., Wesley Hills (Jason F. Lowe of counsel), for appellants-respondents. Ronald A. Nimkoff, Syosset, respondent-appellant pro se.
Sarfaty & Associates, P.C., Wesley Hills (Jason F. Lowe of counsel), for appellants-respondents.
Ronald A. Nimkoff, Syosset, respondent-appellant pro se.
Acosta, P.J., Kern, Gonza´lez, Shulman, JJ.
Appeals from order, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert R. Reed, J.), entered January 13, 2020, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, granted plaintiff's motion to amend the summons and complaint to change plaintiff's name from The Nimkoff Firm to Ronald A. Nimkoff, Practicing Law Under the Name, The Nimkoff Firm, and declined to hold that defendants had waived any defense based on lack of standing or capacity to sue, in the interest of judicial economy, deemed appeal from judgment, same court (Shawn T. Kelly, J.), entered October 25, 2021, and so considered, the judgment unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Contrary to defendants’ contentions, amendment of the summons and complaint did not constitute an improper substitution of party plaintiff (cf. Neggy Travel Serv. v. Sabena Belgian World Airlines, 56 A.D.2d 537, 391 N.Y.S.2d 581 [1st Dept. 1977] ; see Westchester Med. Ctr. v. Amoroso, 110 A.D.3d 580, 581, 973 N.Y.S.2d 601 [1st Dept. 2013] ; see generally CPLR 305[c], 2001, 3025[b] ). Defendants failed to demonstrate substantial prejudice caused by amendment (see MK W. St. Co. v. Meridien Hotels, Inc., 184 A.D.2d 312, 313, 584 N.Y.S.2d 310 [1st Dept. 1992] ; accord New York State Thruway Auth. v. CBE Contr. Corp., 280 A.D.2d 390, 390, 721 N.Y.S.2d 328 [1st Dept. 2001] ).