Pagan v. New York City Housing Authority

Full title: MERCEDES PAGAN, Respondent, v. NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY, Appellant

Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Apr 30, 1992

182 A.D.2d 592 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)

583 N.Y.S.2d 367

Opinion

April 30, 1992

Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Carol E. Huff, J.).

We agree with the IAS court that plaintiff's notice of claim was sufficient to apprise defendant of the relevant conditions so as to reasonably enable it to timely conduct an effective investigation of the incident (see, Caselli v City of New York, 105 A.D.2d 251). Any meaningful investigation by defendant based on this notice of claim should have entailed an inspection of the door in question, including its lock.

Concur — Murphy, P.J., Ellerin, Kupferman, Ross and Rubin, JJ.