In Cremonte v. Michigan State Police, 232 Mich. App. 240; 591 N.W.2d 261 (1999), the trial court granted the plaintiff leave to amend his complaint midtrial to include claims of race and gender discrimination. Cremonte, 232 Mich. App. at 246-247. The Court reversed the jury verdict because the amendment resulted in undue prejudice to the defendant. Id. at 249. The Court reasoned that the addition of the claims changed the nature of the case, placed new factual questions at issue, changed the import of evidence that had already been admitted, and litigation had proceeded past the point where the defendant could reasonably have been expected to defend against the amended claims. Id.