Hall v. New York State Department of Motor Vehicles

OPINION OF THE COURT

Andrew V. Siracuse, J.

The petitioner in this case is caught in a situation almost *301worthy of Kafka. He is suing for restoration of his driver’s license, which was revoked this year by the Department of Motor Vehicles for an offense that took place in 2001. The facts are relatively simple, but the dates are important and the specifics of each event equally so.

Through what he claims was inadvertence the petitioner let his car insurance lapse on December 5, 2000, and a suspension notice was sent to him. He claims that he never received this notice. On January 2, 2001, he was…