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Fleming v. City of New YorkFleming v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Nov 1, 2011
Versions:89 A.D.3d 405
931 N.Y.S.2d 866
931 N.Y.2d 866

The trial court correctly dismissed plaintiff‘s negligence claims as precluded because that theory of liability was not asserted in the original notice of claim, in which plaintiff asserted that he was injured as a result of an intentional assault by the corrections officer (see Garcia v O‘Keefe, 34 AD3d 334, 335 [2006]). By the same token, the court correctly denied plaintiff‘s motion to add the negligence claims to the notice of claim by amendment under General Municipal Law § 50-e (6). Any amendment that creates a new theory of liability is not within the purview of that provision (see White v New York City Hous. Auth., 288 AD2d 150 [2001]). Concur — Gonzalez, J.P., Tom, Sweeny and Renwick, JJ.

Case Details

Case Name: Fleming v. City of New York
Court Name: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Date Published: Nov 1, 2011
Citations: 89 A.D.3d 405; 931 N.Y.S.2d 866; 931 N.Y.2d 866
Court Abbreviation: N.Y. App. Div.
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