The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying plaintiff leave to amend her bill of particulars to include new injuries and a new theory of recovery eight years after the lawsuit was commenced, over a year after the matter was placed on the trial calendar, and after the jury had been selected (Simpson v Browning-Ferris Indus. Chem. Servs., 146 A.D.2d 769). Plaintiff failed to satisfactorily explain this long delay in seeking the amendment (see, Pearce v Booth Mem. Hosp., 152 A.D.2d 553), and defendant would be substantially prejudiced were the amendment permitted (Eggeling v County of Nassau, 97 A.D.2d 395).
Concur — Sullivan, J.P., Milonas, Kupferman, Asch and Smith, JJ.