Klingler v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—In a proceeding pursuant *379to Court of Claims Act § 10 (6), the claimants appeal from an order of the Court of Claims (Corbett, J.), dated July 20, 1993, which denied their motion for leave to file a late claim.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
In order to obtain leave to file a late claim the claimant must establish that there is some merit to the claim asserted (De Olden v State of New York, 91 AD2d 1057). The claimant’s unsupported opinion that her motor vehicle accident might not have happened had the State installed a traffic light at the intersection where it occurred does…
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