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SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO AMEND HER NOTICE OF CLAIM TO REFLECT ALLEGATIONS OF AN ASSAULT AND RAPE SHE MADE IN HER DEPOSITION, ALLEGATIONS WHICH DIFFERED DRAMATICALLY FROM THOSE MADE IN THE ORIGINAL NOTICE OF CLAIM.

The Fourth Department, over an extensive dissent, determined Supreme Court should have allowed plaintiff, a special needs student, to amend her notice of claim to reflect allegations made in her deposition. At the deposition, she alleged she was raped by an African-American male under the bleachers on the athletic field. Her original notice of claim alleged she was raped by a white man in a locker room. The essence of the notice of claim was the school district's failure to supervise plaintiff, who was always to be accompanied by an aide. The Fourth Department determined the essence of the claim, failure to supervise, remained unchanged and the amendment would not prejudice the school district:

“Pursuant to [General Municipal Law] section 50-e (6), a court in its discretion may permit the correction of a notice of claim where there has been a mistake, omission, irregularity or defect made in good faith . . . , provided it shall appear that the other party was not prejudiced thereby' ” … . We conclude that Doe's documented delays in cognitive and social functioning, together with her fear of the assailant and post traumatic stress disorder allegedly resulting from the attack, provide a good faith basis for the amendment sought by plaintiffs … .

We further conclude that the District is not prejudiced by the proposed amendment. Contrary to the contention of the District, the amendment sought by plaintiffs does not make “substantive changes in the theory of liability” … . Plaintiffs' theory of liability in the original notice of claim was that Doe suffered injury as the result of the District's negligent failure to provide the level of supervision that it had previously determined was necessary for her, i.e., door-to-door transportation and an aide to accompany her at all times throughout the school day. Plaintiffs' claim remains that defendant was negligent in failing to supervise Doe, regardless of the identity of her assailant or the precise location of the attack. Doe v Rochester City School Dist., 2016 NY Slip Op 02275, 4th Dept 3-25-16

EDUCATION SCHOOL LAW (SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO AMEND HER NOTICE OF CLAIM TO REFLECT ALLEGATIONS OF AN ASSAULT AND RAPE SHE MADE IN HER DEPOSITION, ALLEGATIONS WHICH DIFFERED DRAMATICALLY FROM THOSE MADE IN THE ORIGINAL NOTICE OF CLAIM)/MUNCIPAL LAW (SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO AMEND HER NOTICE OF CLAIM TO REFLECT ALLEGATIONS OF AN ASSAULT AND RAPE SHE MADE IN HER DEPOSITION, ALLEGATIONS WHICH DIFFERED DRAMATICALLY FROM THOSE MADE IN THE ORIGINAL NOTICE OF CLAIM)/NOTICE OF CLAIM  (SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO AMEND HER NOTICE OF CLAIM TO REFLECT ALLEGATIONS OF AN ASSAULT AND RAPE SHE MADE IN HER DEPOSITION, ALLEGATIONS WHICH DIFFERED DRAMATICALLY FROM THOSE MADE IN THE ORIGINAL NOTICE OF CLAIM)

March 25, 2016/by CurlyHost
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