Amendment of the notice of claim was properly allowed absent a showing of how defendants were prejudiced thereby (General Municipal Law § 50-e [6]). Concerning the cause of plaintiff's fall, although her notice of claim alleged only snow and ice, her testimony at the General Municipal Law § 50-h hearing, held less than two months after service of the notice of claim and less than five months after the accident, was adequate to give defendants timely notice of plaintiff...
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