Soto v. Brentwood Union Free School District

In a proceeding pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-e (5) for leave to serve a late notice of claim, the appeal is from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Seidell, J.), dated August 27, 2001, which granted the petition.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the petition is denied, and the proceeding is dismissed.

The Supreme Court erred in granting the petitioner leave to serve a late notice of claim. The petitioner failed to proffer an adequate explanation for the failure to serve a timely notice of claim, the Brentwood Union Free School District…