State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. New York City Transit Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action, inter alia, to recover for damage to property, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Weiss, J.), dated April 3, 2006, which granted the plaintiffs application for leave to serve a late notice of claim pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-e (5).
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the facts and in the exercise of discretion, with costs, and the application is denied.
The Supreme Court improvidently exercised its discretion in granting the application for leave to serve a late notice of claim. The plaintiff failed to demonstrate a reasonable…
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