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Warren v. Baldwin Union Free School Dist

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 5, 2001
281 A.D.2d 413 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)

Opinion

Submitted February 7, 2001.

March 5, 2001.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Phelan, J.), entered June 9, 2000, which granted the defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint and denied his cross motion for leave to serve a late notice of claim.

Mintz and Schaffer, Freeport, N.Y. (John F. Clennan of counsel), for appellant.

Ahmuty, Demers McManus, Albertson, N.Y. (Frederick B. Simpson and Brendan T. Fitzpatrick of counsel), for respondents.

Before: CORNELIUS J. O'BRIEN, J.P., WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, NANCY E. SMITH, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The Supreme Court properly dismissed the complaint on the ground that the plaintiff failed to timely serve a notice of claim (see, Mills v. County of Monroe, 59 N.Y.2d 307, cert denied 464 U.S. 1018; Hibbert v. Suffolk County Dept. of Probation, 267 A.D.2d 205). Moreover, the plaintiff's cross motion for leave to serve a late notice of claim was made more than one year and 90 days after the accrual date of the claim (see, General Municipal Law §§ 50-e, 50-i). Therefore, the Supreme Court did not have authority to grant the cross motion (see, General Municipal Law § 50-e; Hibbert v. Suffolk County Dept. of Probation, supra; Matter of Turner v. New York City Hous. Auth., 243 A.D.2d 636; Carr v. City of New York, 176 A.D.2d 779).


Summaries of

Warren v. Baldwin Union Free School Dist

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 5, 2001
281 A.D.2d 413 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
Case details for

Warren v. Baldwin Union Free School Dist

Case Details

Full title:MARK WARREN, APPELLANT, v. BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL.…

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

Date published: Mar 5, 2001

Citations

281 A.D.2d 413 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
721 N.Y.S.2d 289

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