Guga v. Watertown Board of Education

Memorandum: Respondents appeal from an order granting claimant’s application for leave to serve a late notice of claim. We conclude that Supreme Court properly granted the application. “It is well settled that key factors for the court to consider in determining an application for leave to serve a late notice of claim are whether the claimant has demonstrated a reasonable excuse for the delay, whether the [respondents] acquired actual knowledge of the essential facts constituting the claim within 90 days of its accrual or within a reasonable time thereafter, and whether the delay would…