Watson v. New York City Transit Authority

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Watson v. New York City Transit Authority

269 A.D.2d 162, 701 N.Y.S.2d 901, 2000 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 1044

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided February 3, 2000·Published·Cited by 1 cases

Opinion

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert Lippmann, J.), entered on or about April 26, 1999, which, in an action against defendant Transit Authority for personal injuries sustained when plaintiff fell onto subway tracks, insofar as appealed from, denied plaintiffs motion to amend the complaint so as to add his wife as a party and include a cause of action for loss of consortium, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The motion, which constitutes the first notice of the proposed claim for loss of consortium that plaintiff has given defendant, was properly denied on the ground that it was not made within the one year and 90-day Statute of Limitations (Public Authorities Law § 1212 [4]; General Municipal Law § 50-e [5]). Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Williams, Mazzarelli, Wallach and Lerner, JJ.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert Lippmann, J.), entered on or about April 26, 1999, which, in an action against defendant Transit Authority for personal injuries sustained when plaintiff fell onto subway tracks, insofar as appealed from, denied plaintiffs motion to amend the complaint so as to add his wife as a party and include a cause of action for loss of consortium, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The motion, which constitutes the first notice of the proposed claim for loss of consortium that plaintiff has given defendant, was properly denied on the ground that it was not made within the one year and 90-day Statute of Limitations (Public Authorities Law § 1212 [4]; General Municipal Law § 50-e [5]). Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Williams, Mazzarelli, Wallach and Lerner, JJ.

Watson v. New York City Transit Authority, 269 A.D.2d 162, 701 N.Y.S.2d 901, 2000 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 1044 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2000).

Pincite

269 A.D.2d 162 (Watson v. New York City Transit Authority) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.

Opinion

Related