Demchik v. Cnty. of Niagara

Full title: IN THE MATTER OF CHARLES DEMCHIK, CLAIMANT-APPELLANT, v. COUNTY OF…

Court: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department

Date published: Sep 30, 2011

2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 6685 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)

Opinion

888 CA 10-02515

09-30-2011

IN THE MATTER OF CHARLES DEMCHIK, CLAIMANT-APPELLANT, v. COUNTY OF NIAGARA, NIAGARA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND JAMES R. CONTOUR, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS NIAGARA COUNTY SHERIFF, RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS.

DEMARIE & SCHOENBORN, P.C., BUFFALO (JOSEPH DEMARIE OF COUNSEL), FOR CLAIMANT-APPELLANT. GIBSON, MCASKILL & CROSBY, LLP, BUFFALO (AMANDA C. SCHIEBER OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS.

SCUDDER

PRESENT: , P.J., SMITH, CARNI, LINDLEY, AND MARTOCHE, JJ.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Niagara County (Richard C. Kloch, Sr., A.J.), entered March 10, 2010. The order denied the application of claimant for leave to serve a late notice of claim.

DEMARIE & SCHOENBORN, P.C., BUFFALO (JOSEPH DEMARIE OF COUNSEL), FOR CLAIMANT-APPELLANT.

GIBSON, MCASKILL & CROSBY, LLP, BUFFALO (AMANDA C. SCHIEBER OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS.

It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Patricia L. Morgan

Clerk of the Court