Barnes v. Onondaga County
| Decision Date | 30 May 1985 |
| Citation | 65 N.Y.2d 664,481 N.E.2d 245,491 N.Y.S.2d 613 |
| Parties | , 481 N.E.2d 245 Cheryl BARNES, Individually and as the Mother and Natural Guardian of Shawn Barnes, an Infant, and as Administratrix of the Estate of Heather Barnes, Deceased, Respondent, v. COUNTY OF ONONDAGA et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants. |
| Court | New York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals |
The order of the Appellate Division, 103 A.D.2d 624, 481 N.Y.S.2d 539 should be affirmed, with costs.
McCarthy v. Volkswagen of Am., 55 N.Y.2d 543, 548-549, 450 N.Y.S.2d 457, 435 N.E.2d 1072, held that the insanity toll of CPLR 208 was "meant to extend * * * to only those individuals who are unable to protect their legal rights because of an over-all inability to function in society", not "a mere post traumatic neurosis." In the present case the testimony of Dr. Goldfarb was that what plaintiff suffered was a mental condition "more serious than a neurosis." He characterized her condition as "a major depressive disorder" and "a very severe depressive reaction" as a result of which "she did not have an over-all ability to function and * * * did not know what to do." That testimony, moreover, was uncontradicted by any medical testimony. We conclude that the weight of the evidence more nearly comports with the Appellate Division's determination that plaintiff was unable to protect her legal rights because of her over-all inability to function. She was, therefore, within the meaning of General Municipal Law § 50-e(5) and CPLR 208, as construed in the McCarthy case, properly authorized to file a late notice of claim.
TITONE, J., taking no part.
Order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.
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