Crume v. Clarence Central School District No. 1

Wither, J. P.

Petitioners, father and infant son, appeal from

the order of Special Term denying their application under subdivision 5 of section 50-e of the General Municipal Law for permission to file late notice of claims.

It is alleged that on October 20, 1971 William Grume, then nine years of age, was injured because of the negligence of1 the respondent School District. It appears that the infant’s father retained an attorney to handle both the infant’s and the father’s claims for damages arising from those injuries, and on October 26, 1971 the attorney wrote a letter to the principal of the…