Legal Opinion

Alvarez v. New York City Housing Authority

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

Decided April 4, 1994PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the defendant appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Jackson, J.), dated February 24, 1992, as granted the infant plaintiff’s application for leave to serve a late notice of claim.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

It is well established that the question of whether to grant *220an application for leave to serve a late notice of claim is left to the sound discretion of the court (see, Ortega v New York City Hous. Auth., 167 AD2d 337). Under the circumstances…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Ortega v. New York City Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  2. King v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Andrew T.B. v. Brewster Central School DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
  2. Tumm v. Town of EastchesterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  3. Traina v. ZambranaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994

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