A New York appellate court ruled that an allegedly injured worker should have been granted leave to file a late notice of claim against a state agency.
Case: Swart v. State of New York, No. 2020-08123, 12/14/2022, published.
Facts and procedural history: Gary Swart allegedly suffered injuries in August 2019 while working on a construction project on the Tappan Zee Bridge.
Swart attempted to serve a notice of intention to file a claim on the New York State Thruway Authority in October 2019, but he failed to follow the service procedures set forth in the Court of Claims Act.
In January 2020,...
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