Legal Opinion
Acosta v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 14, 2001PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In a proceeding pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-e (5) for leave to serve a late notice of claim, the petitioners appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Price, J.), dated June 12, 2000, which denied the application.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
In deciding whether to grant leave to serve a late notice of claim, the court must consider, inter alia, whether the petitioner has demonstrated a reasonable excuse for the failure to serve a timely notice of claim, whether the municipality to be served acquired actual knowledge of the essential facts…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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