Heredia v. City of New York

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Barry Salman, J.), entered May 14, 1987, which denied petitioner-appellant’s application for leave to serve a late notice of claim upon respondent-respondent, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts and in the exercise of discretion and the application granted without costs.

On January 15, 1986, Jorge Heredia was shot and killed by his father, Luis Ramon Heredia, at Freeman Meat, Inc., where they worked in The Bronx. Jorge Heredia died at the scene; Maria Carrero, an employee who was also wounded in the shooting, died two weeks later. A notice of…