Tanco v. New York City Housing Authority

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Tanco v. New York City Housing Authority

84 A.D.2d 501, 443 N.Y.S.2d 66, 1981 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 15515

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedOctober 1, 1981

StatusPublished

Cited by4 cases

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Tanco v. New York City Housing Authority, 84 A.D.2d 501, 443 N.Y.S.2d 66, 1981 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 15515 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1981).

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— Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Shainswit, J.), entered June 4,1980 granting, application of claimant for leave to serve a late notice of claim for personal injuries as well as loss of services, unanimously modified, on the law and on the facts, without costs, to deny the application of the plaintiff mother for leave to serve a late notice of claim for loss of services, and otherwise affirmed. On April 10,1979, the infant plaintiff, then 11 years old, allegedly sustained an injury as a result of a defective condition in the stairway of a building owned and operated by respondent. Plaintiff’s mother moved on March 21,1980 for leave to serve late notices of claim for personal injuries on behalf of her child as well as for her own loss of services. Special Term granted the motion and the respondents appeal. As to that aspect of the order granting leave to file a notice of claim on behalf of the infant for personal injuries, we are satisfied that the infancy of that claimant justifies Special Term’s exercise of discretion notwithstanding the presence of other factors that might have supported a contrary result. As to the mother’s claim for loss of services, consideration of the criteria set forth in subdivision 5 of section 50-e of the General Municipal Law requires denial of that application. The lengthy period of delay (some 11 months), the unreported character of the event, the total absence of any information to the respondent or any of its agents of the fact of the accident, combine to confirm that the possibility of prejudice to the respondent is here substantial. The circumstance that the plaintiff mother is Spanish speaking, and arguably less aware than the average person of her legal rights, is not sufficient to overcome the cumulative effect of the other factors presented. Concur — Murphy, P. J., Kupferman, Sandler, Fein and Lynch, JJ.

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— Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Shainswit, J.), entered June 4,1980 granting, application of claimant for leave to serve a late notice of claim for personal injuries as well as loss of services, unanimously modified, on the law and on the facts, without costs, to deny the application of the plaintiff mother for leave to serve a late notice of claim for loss of services, and otherwise affirmed. On April 10,1979, the infant plaintiff, then 11 years old, allegedly sustained an injury as a result of a defective condition in the stairway of a building owned and operated by respondent. Plaintiff’s mother moved on March 21,1980 for leave to serve late notices of claim for personal injuries on behalf of her child as well as for her own loss of services. Special Term granted the motion and the respondents appeal. As to that aspect of the order granting leave to file a notice of claim on behalf of the infant for personal injuries, we are satisfied that the infancy of that claimant justifies Special Term’s exercise of discretion notwithstanding the presence of other factors that might have supported a contrary result. As to the mother’s claim for loss of services, consideration of the criteria set forth in subdivision 5 of section 50-e of the General Municipal Law requires denial of that application. The lengthy period of delay (some 11 months), the unreported character of the event, the total absence of any information to the respondent or any of its agents of the fact of the accident, combine to confirm that the possibility of prejudice to the respondent is here substantial. The circumstance that the plaintiff mother is Spanish speaking, and arguably less aware than the average person of her legal rights, is not sufficient to overcome the cumulative effect of the other factors presented. Concur — Murphy, P. J., Kupferman, Sandler, Fein and Lynch, JJ.

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