Van Horn v. Village of New Paltz

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered June 16, 1976, which granted leave to the claimant to file a late notice of claim. Decedent died on March 27, 1975, allegedly as a result of bullet wounds he sustained the previous day through the negligence and *643assault of defendant police officers who were in the employ of the defendant village. On August 6, 1975 claimant, decedent’s mother, was issued limited letters of administration. On December 17, 1975, claimant obtained an order to show cause for leave to file a late notice of claim. Claimant contended that the Village…