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Matter of Ostrander v. City of Syracuse

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Feb 13, 1974
309 N.E.2d 132 (N.Y. 1974)

Opinion

Argued January 8, 1974

Decided February 13, 1974

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Fourth Judicial Department, FRANCIS R. MORAN, J.

Tony Mancuso for appellant.

Victor J. Hershdorfer for respondents.


MEMORANDUM. The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, without costs. The broad discretion of Special Term and the like discretion of the Appellate Division in review of the granting of leave to serve a late notice of claim, was recently restated by this court (see Matter of Murray v. City of New York, 30 N.Y.2d 113, 119). The incapacities of the claimant, not those of his lawyer, are the relevant considerations under subdivision 5 of section 50-e of the General Municipal Law. And there was certainly insufficient in the record to compel a finding that the failure to serve timely notice of claim was attributable to claimant's own injuries.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, RABIN and STEVENS concur in memorandum.

Order affirmed.


Summaries of

Matter of Ostrander v. City of Syracuse

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Feb 13, 1974
309 N.E.2d 132 (N.Y. 1974)
Case details for

Matter of Ostrander v. City of Syracuse

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of ARTHUR R. OSTRANDER, Appellant, v. CITY OF SYRACUSE et…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Feb 13, 1974

Citations

309 N.E.2d 132 (N.Y. 1974)
309 N.E.2d 132
353 N.Y.S.2d 732

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