Newcomb v. Middle Country Central School District

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 2016-12-22

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OPINION OF THE COURT Chief Judge DiFiore. The issue in this appeal is whether the lower courts abused their discretion in denying petitioner’s motion for leave to serve a late notice of claim. 1 We conclude that it is an abuse of discretion as a matter of law when, as here, a court determines, in the absence of any record evidence to support such determination, that a respondent w…

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