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THE PETITION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A LATE NOTICE OF CLAIM IN THIS ROAD-DEFECT SLIP AND FALL CASE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GRANTED; THE NINE-MONTH DELAY WAS NOT EXPLAINED; THE CITIY DID NOT HAVE TIMELY NOTICE OF THE POTENTIAL LAWSUIT; AND PETITIONER DID NOT SHOW THE CITY WOULD NOT BE PREJUDICED BY THE DELAY (SECOND DEPT).

​The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the petition for leave to file a late notice of claim in this road-defect slip and fall case should not have been granted:

… [T]he petitioner’s initial delay in serving a notice of claim upon the City was reasonable, as she provided evidence that she was incapacitated until April 2019 … . However, the petitioner failed to demonstrate a reasonable excuse for the additional nine-month delay between the time she was released from the hospital and the time she commenced this proceeding for leave to serve a late notice of claim … .

… [T]he evidence submitted in support of the petition failed to establish that the City acquired actual knowledge of the essential facts constituting the claim within 90 days after the claim arose or a reasonable time thereafter … . The police accident report, the NYPD investigative documents, and the FOIL requests to the NYPD and the DOT did not contain facts from which it can be “readily inferred that a potentially actionable wrong had been committed” by the City … .

In addition, the petitioner failed to satisfy her initial burden of demonstrating that the City would not be substantially prejudiced in maintaining a defense on the merits as a result of the delay … . Matter of Salazar v City of New York, 2023 NY Slip Op 00095, Second Dept 1-11-23

Practice Point: Here the petition for leave to file a late notice of claim should not have been granted. The nine-month delay was not explained; the city did not have timely notice of the potential lawsuit, and petitioner did not show the city would not be prejudiced by the delay.

 

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