LAMAR v. CITY OF NEW YORK

1660N, 14622/07

68 A.D.3d 449 (2009)

2009 NY Slip Op 8974

888 N.Y.S.2d 883

MICHAEL E. LAMAR, Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Respondent, et al., Defendants.

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

Decided December 3, 2009.


While the City's generalized assertion of law office failure as the excuse for its delay is not particularly compelling, it constitutes "good cause" for the delay (see Spira v New York City Tr. Auth., 49 A.D.3d 478 [2008]). No prejudice to plaintiff has been shown (see Cirillo v Macy's, Inc., 61 A.D.3d 538, 540 [2009]), and New York's public policy strongly favors litigating matters on the...

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