Catherine G. v. County of Essex

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Dawson, J.), entered February 27, 2002 in Essex County, which, inter alia, partially granted petitioner’s application pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-e (5) for leave to file a late notice of claim.

In August 2000, petitioner’s then nine-year-old daughter, Brittany G., confided that she had been touched sexually by her half brother, Anthony. In September 2000, petitioner reported this matter to respondent Randy Quayle, a school psychologist for respondent Lake Placid Central School District, who referred Brittany to respondent Crisis Center of…