Legal Opinion
Speciale v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 9, 1994PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Leone, J.), dated May 1, 1992, which denied their application for leave to serve a late notice of claim.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
It was not an improvident exercise of discretion to deny the plaintiffs’ application for leave to serve a late notice of claim, since they failed to set forth an acceptable excuse for the 14-month delay between the date of the accident and the date they made their application (see, Carbone v Town of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Carbone v. Town of BrookhavenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- Mallory v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- Dube v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- D'Andrea v. City of Glen Cove Public SchoolsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- Lopez v. New York City Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
3Cited by3 opinions
- Konstantinides v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
- Johnson v. Katonah-Lewisboro School DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- Amin v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997