Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York June 26, 2000 (Liendo v. Long Island Jewish Medical Center)

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for mental anguish arising from the mishandling of a corpse, the defendant Long Island Jewish Medical Center appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Dye, J.), dated July 9, 1999, as granted the plaintiffs’ motion for leave to amend the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3025 (b) to include a claim for punitive damages against it.