DeFREITAS v. BD. OF EDUC. OF CITY OF MOUNT VERNON DIST. NUMBER 416


139 A.D.2d 615 (1988)

Kenneth DeFreitas et al., Individually and as Parents and Natural Guardians of Greg DeFreitas, an Infant, Respondents, v. Board of Education of City of Mount Vernon District Number 416, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

April 18, 1988


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The defendant's right to appear at the inquest, cross-examine witnesses and offer testimony upon the issue of damages is not disputed, notwithstanding its failure to file a timely answer (see, McClelland v Climax Hosiery Mills, 252 N.Y. 347, 351). However, under all the circumstances at bar, including the lengthy delays that have already occurred, the prior voluntary disclosure of the infant plaintiff's...

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