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Request to File Late Notice of Claim Against School District Stemming from Alleged Sexual Abuse of the Plaintiff by a Teacher Should Not Have Been Granted—School Did Not Have Actual Notice—No Good Reason for Delay in Filing

The Third Department determined the request to file a late notice of claim against a school district should have been denied.  The underlying action relates to alleged sexual abuse of a student (plaintiff) by a teacher.  The plaintiff and the teacher had initially both denied the existence of relationship.  Therefore, the court determined the school did not have actual knowledge of it.  The lack of actual knowledge coupled with the delay in filing the notice of claim after the plaintiff turned 18 required denial of the application:

…”[I]n determining whether to permit service of a late notice of claim, the court must consider all relevant facts and circumstances, including whether (1) the public corporation acquired actual knowledge of the essential facts constituting the claim within 90 days of its accrual or a reasonable time thereafter, (2) the [plaintiff] was an infant at the time the claim arose and, if so, whether there was a nexus between the [plaintiff’s] infancy and the failure to serve a timely notice of claim, (3) the [plaintiff] demonstrated a reasonable excuse for the failure to serve a timely notice of claim, and (4) the public corporation was substantially prejudiced by the delay in its ability to maintain its defense on the merits” … . Although no one factor is determinative … , the case law makes clear that actual knowledge “is a factor which should be accorded great weight” … . Notably, actual knowledge of the essential facts underlying the claim requires more than “mere notice of the underlying occurrence” … and the fact that some sort of injury occurred… . Babcock v Walton Cent School Dist, 2014 NY Slip Op 05013, 3rd Dept 7-3-14

 

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