Case Name: Karl Winter, Jr., et al., Appellants-Respondents, v. City of Geneva et al., Defendants, and County of Seneca et al., Respondents-Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1994-04-15
Citations: 203 A.D.2d 939
Docket Number: 
Parties: Karl Winter, Jr., et al., Appellants-Respondents, v City of Geneva et al., Defendants, and County of Seneca et al., Respondents-Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 203
Pages: 939–939

Head Matter:
Karl Winter, Jr., et al., Appellants-Respondents, v City of Geneva et al., Defendants, and County of Seneca et al., Respondents-Appellants.
[611 NYS2d 82]

Opinion:
—Order unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs in accordance with the following Memorandum: Supreme Court abused its discretion in granting plaintiffs' motion to file a late notice of claim. Plaintiffs failed to demonstrate a reasonable excuse for the failure to file timely a notice of claim. The fact that an attorney was not immediately consulted because plaintiff Karl Winter, Jr., assumed that the pain in his hands would go away is not a sufficient excuse (see, Matter of Martin v City of New York, 100 AD2d 879). (Appeals from Order of Supreme Court, Ontario County, Curran, J.— Late Notice of Claim.) Present — Denman, P. J., Balio, Fallon, Doerr and Davis, JJ.