Opinion
January 27, 1992
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Molloy, J.).
Ordered that the order is reversed, as a matter of discretion, with costs, the plaintiffs' motion is granted, and the complaint is amended so as to demand judgment in the sum of $3,000,000, instead of the sum of $750,000, with respect to the first cause of action.
The plaintiffs' motion to increase the ad damnum clause was supported by proof with respect to the severity of the injuries for which compensation is sought, and the defendant failed to demonstrate that the granting of the motion would cause any substantial prejudice. Under the circumstances of this case, we conclude that the Supreme Court improvidently exercised its discretion in denying the plaintiffs' motion (see generally, Loomis v. Civetta Corinno Constr. Corp., 54 N.Y.2d 18; Messina v Portobello, 112 A.D.2d 923; Gold v. Huntington Town House, 64 A.D.2d 885; Koupash v. Grand Union Co., 34 A.D.2d 695). Thompson, J.P., Bracken, O'Brien and Miller, JJ., concur.