IN THE MATTER OF CATTELL v. TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN


21 A.D.3d 896 (2005)

800 N.Y.S.2d 603

In the Matter of JESSICA CATTELL, Appellant, v. TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, Respondent.

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

September 6, 2005.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the petitioner's application for leave to serve a late notice of claim 14 months after the accident. The petitioner failed to offer any excuse for the 14-month delay in bringing this proceeding (see Shapiro v. Town of Clarkstown, 238 A.D.2d 498 [1997]; Matter of McAllister v. County of Nassau,

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