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LEAVE TO FILE LATE NOTICE OF CLAIM PROPERLY GRANTED, NOTICE FILED PROMPTLY AFTER CLAIMANTS LEARNED THE WATER AUTHORITY CREATED THE DEFECT IN THE ROADWAY.

The Fourth Department determined Supreme Court properly granted claimants leave to file a late notice of claim against the water authority which allegedly created a depression in the roadway (the cause of the injury). Claimants had filed a timely notice of claim against the city and only later learned the water authority was the general contractor:

An “[e]rror concerning the identity of the governmental entity to be served” can constitute a reasonable excuse for the delay “provided that a prompt application for relief is made after discovery of the error” … . …

Here, claimants demonstrated a reasonable excuse for the delay inasmuch as they served a timely notice of claim upon the City, and then promptly applied for leave to serve a late notice of claim upon respondents after discovering respondents’ alleged involvement in causing claimant’s injuries … . Furthermore, although respondents lacked actual knowledge of claimant’s injuries, respondents have ” made no particularized or persuasive showing that the delay caused [them] substantial prejudice’ ” … . Indeed, we note that the Water Board was the general contractor for the construction project that allegedly created the defect in the roadway, and thus respondents’ ability to investigate the facts underlying the claim is furthered by their possession of documents and other information related to the construction project. King v Niagara Falls Water Auth., 2017 NY Slip Op 00855, 4th Dept 2-3-17

 

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