Case Name: In the Matter of Mary A. Scheel, Respondent, v. City of Syracuse, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1983-11-04
Citations: 97 A.D.2d 978
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Mary A. Scheel, Respondent, v City of Syracuse, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 97
Pages: 978–979

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Mary A. Scheel, Respondent, v City of Syracuse, Appellant.

Opinion:
Order unanimously affirmed, with costs. Memorandum: Since defendant was served with a notice of claim for personal injuries, no additional notice of claim for wrongful death was required (Holmes v City of New York, 269 App Div 95, affd 295 NY 615). Therefore, we see no abuse of discretion in Special Term's order granting plaintiff leave to amend the notice of claim (pursuant to General Municipal Law, § 50-e, subd 6) to add a claim for wrongful death (see, also, Collins v City of New York, 55 NY2d 646). (Appeal from order of Supreme Court, Onondaga County, McLaughlin, J. — amend notice of claim.) Present — Doerr, J. P., Boomer, Green, O'Donnell and Schnepp, JJ.