Legal Opinion
Gofman v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 31, 2000PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In a proceeding for leave to serve a late notice of claim pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-e (5), the City of New York appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Schneier, J.), dated November 6, 1998, which granted the application.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the application to serve a late notice of claim is denied, and the proceeding is dismissed.
The fact that the petitioner was unaware that General Municipal Law § 50-e requires a notice of claim to be served within 90 days after accrual of the claim, is not a legally acceptable excuse…
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- Joseph v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
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