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CLAIMANT IN THIS LABOR LAW 240(1) and 241(6) ACTION AGAINST THE STATE SERVED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WITH THE NOTICE OF INTENTION TO FILE A CLAIM BUT NOT THE NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY AUTHORITY (NYSTA); ALTHOUGH THE EXCUSE (IGNORANCE OF THE LAW) WAS NOT VALID, THE ACTION HAD MERIT AND THE NYSTA HAD TIMELY KNOWLEDGE OF THE FACTS; THEREFORE CLAIMANT’S MOTION TO SERVE AND FILE A LATE CLAIM SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED (SECOND DEPT). ​

​The Second Department, reversing the Court of Claims, determined claimant’s motion for leave to file a late claim in this Labor Law 240(1) and 241(6) action should have been granted. Claimant was injured working on the Tappan Zee Bridge and served a notice of intention to file a claim on the attorney general but not, as required, on the New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA). The absence of a valid excuse (ignorance of the law) was not determinative. The action had merit and the NYSTA had timely knowledge of the facts underlying the claim:

Court of Claims Act § 10(6) permits a court, in its discretion, upon consideration of the enumerated factors set forth therein, to allow a claimant to file a late claim … . “In determining whether to permit the filing of a [late] claim . . . the court shall consider, among other factors, [1] whether the delay in filing the claim was excusable; [2] whether the state had notice of the essential facts constituting the claim; [3] whether the state had an opportunity to investigate the circumstances underlying the claim; [4] whether the claim appears to be meritorious; [5] whether the failure to file or serve upon the attorney general a timely claim . . . resulted in substantial prejudice to the state; and [6] whether the claimant has any other available remedy” … .. “No one factor is deemed controlling, nor is the presence or absence of any one factor determinative” … . Swart v State of New York, 2022 NY Slip Op 07088, Second Dept 12-14-22

Practice Point: The Court of Claims, pursuant to Court of Claims Act section 10(6), has the discretion to allow a claimant to file a late claim. Here the excuse, ignorance of the law, was not valid. But the claim was deemed to have merit and the respondent had timely knowledge of the underlying facts. Therefore the Court of Claims should have granted claimant’s motion to file a late claim.

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