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THE 1ST DEPARTMENT, OVERRULING PRECEDENT AND JOINING THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, DETERMINED INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES NEED NOT BE NAMED IN A NOTICE OF CLAIM (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing Supreme Court and overruling precedent, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice Scarpulla, determined municipal employees need not be named in a notice of claim. Plaintiff brought negligence, false arrest and false imprisonment causes of action against NYC alleging inhumane treatment by officers at Rikers Island:

The City moved to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint against the NYPD defendants, arguing that plaintiff failed to satisfy General Municipal Law § 50-e because he did not serve a notice of claim that named the NYPD defendants or John/Jane Doe placeholders … . * * *

Upon additional review of the reasoning of our own precedents, the reasoning of … relevant decisions of our sister departments, and reexamination of General Municipal Law § 50-e (2), we now join our sister departments in holding that § 50-e does not mandate the naming of individual municipal employees in a notice of claim. …

… [I]t is well settled that a notice of claim is sufficient so long as it includes enough information to enable the municipal defendant to investigate a plaintiff’s allegations, and “[n]othing more may be required” … . Providing the municipal defendant with the statutorily required elements of the nature of the claim, the time, place and manner in which the claim arose, and the alleged injury, without additionally naming the individual municipal employees involved, does not prevent the municipal defendant from adequately investigating the claim. Armed with the statutorily required information, the municipal defendant is in at least as good a position as the plaintiff to identify and interview the individual municipal employees involved in the claim. Wiggins v City of New York, 2021 NY Slip Op 06335, First Dept 11-16-21

 

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