Legal Opinion
Haley v. Dormitory Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 30, 1987PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Order unanimously reversed on the law with costs and motion granted. Memorandum: Petitioner appeals from the denial at Special Term of *528her application for leave to serve a late notice of claim pursuant to subdivision (5) of section 50-e of the General Municipal Law. Plaintiff was injured when she fell down a stairwell in a State University dormitory. Plaintiff offered a reasonable excuse for the delay in serving a late notice of claim because her counsel was misadvised by the Attorney-General regarding the proper party defendant (see, Nordman v East Greenbush Cent. School Dist., 75 AD2d 958;…
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