Booker v. Wyandanch Union Free School District

In a proceeding for leave to serve a late notice of claim pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-e (5), the petitioners appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Doyle, J.), dated March 18, 1996, which denied their application.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

In determining an application for leave to serve a late notice of claim, the court must consider all relevant factors, including whether the petitioners demonstrated a reasonable excuse for the failure to serve a timely notice of claim, whether the respondent acquired actual knowledge of the essential facts…