Duncan v. City of N.Y.

Full title: In the Matter of Rodney Duncan, also known as Rodney King, respondent, v…

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

Date published: Nov 23, 2016

2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 7955 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)

Opinion

2015-07243

11-23-2016

In the Matter of Rodney Duncan, also known as Rodney King, respondent, v. City of New York, appellant.

Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel, New York, NY (Pamela Seider Dolgow and Victoria Scalzo of counsel), for appellant. James Greenberg, P.C. (Burns & Harris, New York, NY [Blake G. Goldfarb, Alison R. Keenan, and Judith F. Stempler], of counsel), for respondent.

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

LEONARD B. AUSTIN SHERI S. ROMAN JEFFREY A. COHEN, JJ. (Index No. 62/14)

Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel, New York, NY (Pamela Seider Dolgow and Victoria Scalzo of counsel), for appellant.

James Greenberg, P.C. (Burns & Harris, New York, NY [Blake G. Goldfarb, Alison R. Keenan, and Judith F. Stempler], of counsel), for respondent.

DECISION & ORDER

In a proceeding pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-e(5) for leave to serve a late notice of claim, the City of New York appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Baynes, J.), dated October 15, 2014, which granted the petition.

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.

Under the particular facts of this case, the Supreme Court properly granted the instant petition.

ENG, P.J., AUSTIN, ROMAN and COHEN, JJ., concur. ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court