MATTER OF TAYLOR v. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK

2010-11303.

90 A.D.3d 769 (2011)

934 N.Y.S.2d 348

2011 NY Slip Op 9136

In the Matter of JAMES TAYLOR et al., Appellants, v. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK et al., Respondents.

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

Decided December 13, 2011.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the petition for leave to serve a late notice of claim. The petitioners failed to demonstrate a reasonable excuse for their one-year delay in filing the petition. The petitioners' alleged ignorance of the law is not a reasonable excuse for their failure to serve a timely notice of claim (see Matter of Bush...

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