Legal Opinion
Lamar v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 3, 2009PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
While the City’s generalized assertion of law office failure as the excuse for its delay is not particularly compelling, it constitutes “good cause” for the delay (see Spira v New York City Tr. Auth., 49 AD3d 478 [2008]). No prejudice to plaintiff has been shown (see Cirillo v Macy’s, Inc., 61 AD3d 538, 540 [2009]), and New York’s public policy strongly favors litigating matters on the merits (see Silverio v City of New York, 266 AD2d 129 [1999]). An affidavit of merit is not required where no default order or judgment has been entered (see Cirillo, supra). Concur — Saxe, J.P., Friedman,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Silverio v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
- Cirillo v. Macy's, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
- Spira v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
3Cited by9 opinions
- Myers v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
- Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance v. BraunAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
- Country-Wide Ins. Co. v. Valdan Acupuncture, P.C.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
- Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. v. Samson Mgt. LLCAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2020
- Leidel v. AnnicelliAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
4 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.