Legal Opinion
Teresta v. City of New York
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 16, 1952PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFuld, J.
Plaintiff, a laborer over sixty years old, injured when a city-owned trolley in which he was a passenger collided with a truck, went to the Municipal Building in order to make known his claim against the City of New York. He was there given a notice of claim form and also, according to defendant, an instruction sheet stating that the completed form should be sent to the comptroller’s office by registered mail. Well within the sixty-day period then prescribed for service of the notice of claim, plaintiff sent the notice to the comptroller, but by ordinary mail. Despite this irregularity in the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Sweeney v. . City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Purdy v. . City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Figueroa v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1951
3Cited by111 opinions
- Bender v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Caselli v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- Winbush v. City of Mount VernonNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
- Robinson v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1965
- Messina v. MazzeoDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1994
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