Legal Opinion
Hunte v. New York City Transit Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 16, 2014No. 2013-09149PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Rothenberg, J), dated July 25, 2013, which granted the plaintiffs motion pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-e (5) for leave to serve a late notice of claim.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
Timely service of a notice of claim is a condition precedent to the commencement of an action sounding in tort against the New York City Transit Authority (see General Municipal Law § 50-e [1] [a]; Public Authorities Law § 1212 [2]; Matter of Ryan v New York City…
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- Groves v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- Abramovitz v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
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