Russell v. New York City Housing Authority

—Judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alan Saks, J.), entered July 14, 1992, which, after a jury trial, awarded plaintiff damages in the amount of $300,000 plus interest, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff’s timely served Notice of Claim sufficiently apprised defendant of the pertinent claims in this case. (Cf., e.g., Caselli v City of New York, 105 AD2d 251.) Indeed, the fact that plaintiff asserted that the walkway/ramp was "defective” indicated that it was likely that she would claim a design defect or negligent construction of the ramp. Moreover, soon thereafter, a…