Attallah v. Nassau Univ. Med. Ctr.

• Decision Date: 19 August 2015
• Docket Number: 2014-02883
• Citation: 15 N.Y.S.3d 197,2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 06587,131 A.D.3d 609
• Parties: In the Matter of Ahdy L. ATTALLAH, appellant, v. NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, et al., respondents.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

131 A.D.3d 609
15 N.Y.S.3d 197
2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 06587

In the Matter of Ahdy L. ATTALLAH, appellant
v.
NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, et al., respondents.

2014-02883

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.

Aug. 19, 2015.

15 N.Y.S.3d 198

Kevin T. Mulhearn, P.C., Orangeburg, N.Y., for appellant.

Littler Mendelson P.C., Melville, N.Y. (William H. Ng and Amy L. Ventry–Kagan of counsel), for respondents.

REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P., THOMAS A. DICKERSON, SYLVIA O. HINDS–RADIX, and BETSY BARROS, JJ.

Opinion

131 A.D.3d 609

In a proceeding pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50–e(5) for leave to serve a late notice of claim, the petitioner appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Marber, J.), entered January 13, 2014, which denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding.

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.

Timely service of a notice of claim is a condition precedent to the commencement of a tort action against the respondents (see General Municipal Law § 50–e[1][a] ; § 50–i[1]; Public Authorities Law § 3415[1] ). The petitioner failed to serve a notice of claim upon the respondents within the requisite 90–day period (see General Municipal Law § 50–e[1][a] ). Although late service of a notice of claim by leave of court is permitted under certain circumstances, the petitioner was required to petition for leave to serve a late notice of claim within one year and 90 days of the accrual of the claim (see General Municipal Law § 50–e[5] ; Pierson v. City of New York, 56 N.Y.2d 950, 954, 453 N.Y.S.2d 615, 439 N.E.2d 331 ; McShane v. Town of Hempstead, 66 A.D.3d 652, 653, 886 N.Y.S.2d 751 ; Laroc v. City of New York, 46 A.D.3d 760, 761, 847 N.Y.S.2d 677 ; Alston v. Aversano, 24 A.D.3d 399, 400, 805 N.Y.S.2d 117 ). The petitioner's failure to petition for leave to serve a late notice of claim within one year and 90 days of the date that his claim accrued deprived the Supreme Court of authority to permit late service of a notice of claim (se...