Zapata v. County of Suffolk
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Burke, J.), dated February 21, 2003, which denied their motion to dismiss the complaint on the ground that the plaintiff failed to comply with General Municipal Law § 50-h.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint dismissed.
The plaintiff did not appear for his scheduled General Municipal Law § 50-h hearing because he was incarcerated at a correctional facility upstate. In response to the plaintiffs inquiry,…
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