EDGEHILL v. CITY OF NEW YORK


260 A.D.2d 597 (1999)

688 N.Y.S.2d 658

WHITFIELD EDGEHILL et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Respondent.

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

Decided April 26, 1999.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

General Municipal Law § 50-e requires that a notice of claim identify the geographical location of an accident with sufficient particularity as to enable the municipality to investigate the matter in a timely fashion (see, Thomas v Town of Oyster Bay, 190 A.D.2d 731). It has been held that prompt and accurate information is especially important in cases involving a defective...

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