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Criteria for Allowing Late Claim Described

The Second Department determined the Court of Claims should have granted claimant’s request to file a late claim:

Court of Claims Act § 10(6) permits a court, in its discretion, upon consideration of the enumerated factors, to allow a claimant to file a late claim … . “No one factor is deemed controlling, nor is the presence or absence of any one factor determinative” … .

Here, the Court of Claims improvidently exercised its discretion in denying that branch of the claimants’ motion which was for leave to file a late claim on behalf of the claimant … . It is undisputed that the State received actual notice of the essential facts constituting the claim within 90 days after the claimant[‘s] …  accident, and there is no indication that the State would suffer substantial prejudice if the claimants were permitted to file a late claim … . Furthermore, notwithstanding the existence of a factual issue as to which governmental entity bears responsibility for maintenance of the roadway and guardrail where the accident occurred, the claimants’ submissions were sufficient, at this point, to demonstrate that there appears to be merit to their claim within the meaning of Court of Claims Act § 10(6) … . Tucholski v State of New York, 2014 NY Slip Op 07494, 2nd Dept 11-5-14

 

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