TURKENITZ v. CITY OF NEW YORK


213 A.D.2d 266 (1995)

624 N.Y.S.2d 127

Sigalit Turkenitz et al., Appellants, v. City of New York, Respondent

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

March 21, 1995


Plaintiff's lack of fluency in English and ignorance of the law are not acceptable excuses for failing to serve a timely notice of claim (Matter of Perez v New York City Hous. Auth., 156 A.D.2d 177), and the excuse that she was incapacitated by the injuries she sustained in the accident is insufficient in the absence of any supporting medical evidence (Matter of Rios v City of New York, 180 A.D.2d 801

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