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BROWN v. CITY OF NEW YORK

95 N.Y.2d 389 (2000)

740 N.E.2d 1078

718 N.Y.S.2d 4

ROBERT BROWN, Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 16, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DiJoseph, Portegrello & Schuster, P. C., New York City (Arnold E. DiJoseph III of counsel), and Bloomberg, Steinberg & Bader for appellant.

Michael D. Hess, Corporation Counsel of New York City (Linda H. Young and Pamela Seider Dolgow of counsel), for respondent.

Judges SMITH, LEVINE, CIPARICK, WESLEY and ROSENBLATT concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Chief Judge KAYE.

This appeal tests the sufficiency of a Notice of Claim required for suit against a municipality (General Municipal Law § 50-e). The Appellate Division, after a verdict in plaintiff's favor for personal injuries resulting from a fall on a New York City sidewalk, affirmed the trial court's dismissal of the complaint on the ground that "plaintiff failed to notify the City in his notice of claim of the location of...

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