Opinion
November 21, 1989
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Jack Turret, J.).
Defendant was operating a bus owned by the County of Westchester and therefore a notice of claim was required. (Montalto v Westchester St. Transp. Co., 102 A.D.2d 816, 818 [2d Dept 1984], citing Coleman v Westchester St. Transp. Co., 57 N.Y.2d 734.) The letters from plaintiff's counsel to Liberty Lines dated December 1, 1986 and December 15, 1986, as well as the no-fault application signed by claimant, coupled with the fact that the claim was handled by Liberty Lines' general counsel, Vincent P. Nesci, who is regularly engaged in representing the county in actions arising out of accidents occurring on buses operated by Liberty Lines, constituted in the aggregate a sufficient notice of claim within the meaning of General Municipal Law § 50-e. (See, Tacinelli v Liberty Lines, 123 A.D.2d 756 [2d Dept 1986].)
Concur — Murphy, P.J., Sullivan, Kassal, Wallach and Smith, JJ.