Quilliam v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—In a claim to recover damages for personal injuries, the claimant appeals from an order of the Court of Claims (Marin, J.), dated April 20, 2000, which denied his motion for leave to file a late claim against the defendant.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The Court of Claims providently exercised its discretion in denying the claimant’s motion for leave to file a late claim. The *591Court of Claims properly determined that the claimant’s eight-month delay in filing Ms claim due to his ignorance of the law was not excusable (see, Matter of Tineo v City of New…
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