Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Town of Hempstead
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 23, 2005PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the County of Nassau appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Joseph, J.), entered October 13, 2004, which granted the plaintiffs motion for leave to serve a late notice of claim upon it.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the motion is denied.
The Supreme Court improvidently exercised its discretion in granting the plaintiffs motion for leave to serve a late notice of claim upon the County of Nassau. As it is undisputed that the plaintiff did not make her application within one year and 90…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Pierson v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Ceely v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- Quintero v. Town of Babylon Industrial Development AgencyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- Schmidt v. Board of Cooperative Educational Services of Nassau CountyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Robinson v. Board of EducationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013