Ford v. Town of Guilderland

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Conway, J.), entered June 17,1980 in Albany County, which denied petitioner’s application for leave to serve a late notice of claim. On June 4,1979, petitioner’s 14-year-old daughter sustained personal injuries while riding a bicycle, allegedly due to a defective condition of a roadway in the Town of Guilderland. On March 19, 1980, nine months later, respondent rejected petitioner’s attempt to serve a notice of claim pursuant to subdivision 1 of section 50-e of the General Municipal Law. Petitioner commenced this proceeding on March…