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LATE NOTICE OF CLAIM SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED DESPITE LACK OF A REASONABLE EXCUSE AND DEFENDANT’S LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE INJURY.

The First Department determined plaintiff’s motion for leave to file a late notice of claim against the NYC Housing Authority should have been granted, despite the lack of a reasonable excuse and defendant’s lack of knowledge of the injury. The infant plaintiff was nine months old when he was burned by an exposed water pipe.  The infancy and the lack of prejudice to the defendant warranted allowing the claim to be filed after a 10-month delay:

The infant plaintiff was approximately nine months old at the time that he allegedly sustained injuries as a result of an exposed hot water pipe in his family’s apartment, in a building owned and operated by defendant. This infancy weighs in favor of granting leave to serve a late notice of claim, regardless of the lack of a nexus between the delay and infancy … . In addition, defendant failed to address plaintiff’s showing that defendant would not be substantially prejudiced by the 10-month delay in seeking leave since the condition of the exposed pipes remained unchanged from the time of the accident … . Given these factors, which the motion court failed to address, and given the remedial nature of the statute, the motion court improvidently exercised its discretion in dismissing the infant plaintiff’s claim … . Eboni B. v New York City Hous. Auth., 2017 NY Slip Op 01816, 1st De[t 3-15-17

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