Legal Opinion
Chechelnitskaya v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 29, 2002PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Hutcherson, J.), dated April 6, 2001, which denied her motion pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-e (6) for leave to amend her notice of claim.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
A court may, in its discretion, grant an application for leave to serve an amended notice of claim (see General Municipal Law § 50-e [6]) where it determines that two conditions are met: first the mistake, omission, irregularity, or defect in the original notice must have been…
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