GAUDIO v. CITY OF NEW YORK


235 A.D.2d 228 (1997)

651 N.Y.S.2d 530

Frank Gaudio, Appellant, v. City of New York, Respondent

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

January 9, 1997


Petitioner's ignorance of the law is not an acceptable excuse for failing to serve a timely notice of claim (Turkenitz v City of New York, 213 A.D.2d 266), and the excuse that he did not appreciate the full extent of his injuries until two months after the accident cannot be accepted in the absence of any supporting medical evidence explaining, first, why the injury took so long to become apparent, and, second, why it might have...

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