Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
The parties stipulated that the plaintiff was entitled to recover $50,000, representing damages incurred through April 22, 1987. However, the Supreme Court properly denied the plaintiff's application for leave to amend the complaint to include a claim for damages allegedly incurred after April 22, 1987. Leave to amend a pleading should be denied where, as here, the proposed amendment is devoid of merit (see, Fucci...
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