Legal Opinion
Edgehill v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 26, 1999PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover *598damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Hutcherson, J.), entered March 10, 1998, which granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to comply with General Municipal Law § 50-e.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
General Municipal Law § 50-e requires that a notice of claim identify the geographical location of an accident with sufficient particularity as to enable the municipality to investigate the matter in a timely fashion (see, Thomas v Town of Oyster Bay, 190…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Pollicino v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- Adlowitz v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- Thomas v. Town of Oyster BayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
3Cited by5 opinions
- Rodriguez v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- Shpak v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- Burgos v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- Lauro v. County of NassauAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
- Hatzidaks v. New York City Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000