Chikara v. City of New York

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the infant respondent when she was struck in the eye with the blunt end of a compass by a classmate in school, the appeal is from so much of an order as grants such respondent leave to amend her notice of claim against appellant only. The infant respondent, 14 years old, was injured on April 26, 1956. Immediately thereafter she signed a paper — a report of the accident. On September 10, 1956 the infant’s father retained an attorney who on September 28, 1956, four and one-half months after the accident, served a notice of claim…