Casale v. City of N.Y.
| Decision Date | 29 May 2012 |
| Citation | 2012 N.Y. Slip Op. 04109,95 A.D.3d 744,945 N.Y.S.2d 92 |
| Parties | In re Joseph J. CASALE, et al., Petitioners–Respondents, v. The CITY OF NEW YORK, Respondent–Appellant. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
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Morris, Duffy Alonso & Faley, New York (Anna J. Ervolina and Andrea Alonso of counsel), for appellant.
Pollack, Pollack, Isaac & DeCicco, New York (Brian J. Isaac of counsel), for respondents.
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Larry S. Schachner, J.), entered April 5, 2011, which granted petitioners' motion for leave to serve a late notice of claim, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion denied.
The IAS court improvidently exercised its discretion in granting the motion ( seeGeneral Municipal Law § 50–e[5] ). Petitioners failed to offer a reasonable excuse for not serving a timely notice of claim. Indeed, petitioners failed to submit any medical evidence supporting their assertion that the injured petitioner's physical condition prevented them from timely serving a notice of claim ( see Matter of Dominguez v. New York City Health & Hosps. Corp., 178 A.D.2d 186, 188, 576 N.Y.S.2d 872 [1991];Matter of Mandia v. County of Westchester, 162 A.D.2d 217, 218, 556 N.Y.S.2d 868 [1990] ). Petitioners' excuse is especially unreasonable, given that they were able to file claims for Workers' Compensation and Social Security disability benefits. Moreover, petitioners' alleged ignorance of the law is no excuse ( see Bullard v. City of New York, 118 A.D.2d 447, 450, 499 N.Y.S.2d 880 [1986];Figueroa v. City of New York, 92 A.D.2d 908, 909, 460 N.Y.S.2d 119 [1983] ).
Further, the accident report prepared by the purported general contractor or construction manager, Turner Construction Company (Turner), did not give the City actual knowledge of the essential facts constituting the claim, as there is no evidence that Turner was an agent of the City ( see Matter of Grant v. Nassau County Indus. Dev. Agency, 60 A.D.3d 946, 948, 875 N.Y.S.2d 556 [2009];Williams v. City of Niagara Falls, 244 A.D.2d 1006, 1007, 665 N.Y.S.2d 217 [1997] ). Moreover, even if Turner were found to be an agent of the City, its report was insufficient to provide actual knowledge of the essential facts constituting the claim. Indeed, although the report provided facts regarding the incident, it failed to connect the incident to any claim against the City ( see Bullard...
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