Legal Opinion

Jenkins v. New York City Housing Authority

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 12, 1992PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

— Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alan J. Saks, J.), entered February 11, 1991, which granted petitioners’ application for leave to serve a late notice of claim, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

By order to show cause dated January 8, 1991, petitioner infant was granted leave to serve a late notice of claim for an accident that allegedly occurred September 12, 1990, in a playground maintained by respondent Housing Authority. Under General Municipal Law § 50-e (5), the IAS court can "consider all relevant factors” in exercising its "considerable discretion” to grant leave to serve a…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Cruz v. New York City Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Camacho v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  2. Lopez v. New York City Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  3. Myette v. New York City Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  4. Smitherman v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  5. Trudy W. v. MoralesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993

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