Shapey v. East Rockaway Union Free School District
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—In an ac*442tion to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Burke, J.), dated December 21, 1999, which denied her motion for leave to serve a late notice of claim.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
In determining whether to grant a motion for leave to serve a late notice of claim, a court must consider (1) whether the movant has demonstrated a reasonable excuse for the failure to serve a timely notice of claim, (2) whether the public corporation acquired actual knowledge of the essential facts constituting…
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