Legal Opinion

McKenna v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 30, 1989PublishedCited by 7 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 petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, *656Queens County (Santucci, J.), dated May 4, 1988, which denied the application.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, as an exercise of discretion, with costs, the application is granted, and the proposed notice of claim is deemed served.

Under the circumstances of this case, where members of the New York City Police Department participated in the acts giving rise to the petitioner’s false arrest and imprisonment claims, numerous…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Weinzel v. County of SuffolkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
  2. Haynes v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Ragland v. New York City Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  2. Erichson v. City of Poughkeepsie Police DepartmentAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  3. Goodall v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  4. Love v. City of AuburnAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  5. Matter of Nunez v. Village of Rockville Ctr.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2019

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