SHABAZZ v. SHELTERING ARMS CHILDREN'S SERV., INC.


216 A.D.2d 230 (1995)

629 N.Y.S.2d 20

Hassan Shabazz, Appellant, v. Sheltering Arms Children's Service, Inc., et al., Respondents, et al., Intervenor

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

June 29, 1995


We find that plaintiff, an infant who was severely burned by hot water while living as a foster child in a building owned by the New York City Housing Authority, was improperly denied permission to serve a notice of claim four months after expiration of the 90-day period set forth in General Municipal Law § 50-e (1) (a).

In light of plaintiff's infancy, the fact that he was in foster care at the time of the incident, and the fact that his then foster mother was...

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