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THE PLAINTIFF WAS PROPERLY ALLOWED TO FILE A LATE NOTICE OF CLAIM ASSERTING A NEW CAUSE OF ACTION, ALTHOUGH THE ORIGINAL NOTICE OF CLAIM DID NOT MENTION AN ALLEGEDLY MISSING STOP SIGN AS A BASIS FOR LIABILITY, THE MISSING STOP SIGN WAS MENTIONED IN THE POLICE REPORT WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO THE ORIGINAL NOTICE OF CLAIM (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department determined plaintiff student was properly allowed file a late notice of claim, which added a cause of action. The infant plaintiff was injured when his school bus was involved in a traffic accident. The initial notice of claim alleged negligence on the of the city and the Department of Education (DOE) in connection with the ownership of the school bus. The late notice of claim alleged a cause of action against the city and the NYC Department of Transportation based upon an alleged missing stop sign. A police report was attached to the original notice of claim and the missing stop sign was mentioned in the report:

… [T]he Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in granting that branch of the plaintiff’s motion which was for leave to serve a late notice of claim (see General Municipal Law § 50-e[5]). Although the plaintiff failed to demonstrate a reasonable excuse for the failure to serve a timely notice of claim containing the allegation regarding the missing stop sign, the absence of a reasonable excuse is not determinative, as the City defendants acquired actual knowledge of the essential facts constituting the claim within 90 days after the claim arose and were not substantially prejudiced by the late notice … . M.L. v City of New York, 2019 NY Slip Op 04686, Second Dept 6-12-19

 

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