Legal Opinion
Myette v. New York City Housing Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 3, 1994PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order of the Su*55preme Court, Queens County (James O’Donoghue, J.), entered on January 2, 1992, which denied plaintiff’s motion to file and serve a late notice of claim, is unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, and in the exercise of discretion, and the motion is granted, without costs.
Plaintiff-appellant Thomas Myette, a New York City firefighter, alleges that, while responding to a fire, he suffered a serious back injury when he fell down the stairs because of rubbish on the stairs in a building owned by the New York City Housing Authority. The accident occurred on February 24,…
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- Rosenblatt v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- Ferrer v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- Morano v. County of DutchessAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- Pagan v. New York City Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- Jenkins v. New York City Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
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