In a New York State Supreme Court case in Schenectady County, attorneys Lori Semlies (Partner-White Plains, New York) and Kadeem Wolliaston (Associate-Albany) successfully opposed a motion to amend a complaint in a negligence lawsuit against a rehabilitation and nursing center. The plaintiff had initially filed against the center and several defendants listed by first names or as “John Does.” Despite requesting the center’s help to identify these individuals, the plaintiff was informed that no employees matched those names during the relevant period. The plaintiff later sought to amend the complaint to include the full names discovered from the center’s medical chart, which he had possessed since January 2023. The court denied the amendment, siding with our argument that the plaintiff’s delay in identifying the defendants caused prejudice, as the statute of limitations had expired.