500 Eighth Ave. Associates v. State

Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims permitting claimants to file a late notice of claim. The claim is for fire damage which occurred on March 10, 1966 to premises rented by claimants to the State Division of Employment. In support of their application for permission to file a late notice of claim (Court of Claims Act, § 10, subd. 5), claimants’ attorney served an affirmation stating that on June 1, 1966 a notice of intention to file claim was served upon the Division of Employment but that “ affirmant’s office inadvertently failed ” to file the notice with the Clerk of the Court of…