N.Y. Public Authorities Law 2622 – Actions
§ 2622. Actions. 1. In any case founded upon tort a notice of claim shall be required as a condition precedent to the commencement of an action or special proceeding against the authority or any officer, appointee or employee thereof, and the provisions of § 50-e of the general municipal law shall govern the giving of such notice.
Terms Used In N.Y. Public Authorities Law 2622
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
- Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
- Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
2. Except in an action for wrongful death, no action shall be commenced (a) prior to the expiration of thirty days from the date on which the demand claim or claims upon which the action is founded were presented to a member of the authority or other officer thereof designated for such purpose; nor (b) more than one year and ninety days after the cause of action therefor shall have accrued. An action against the authority for wrongful death shall be commenced in accordance with the notice of claim and time limitation provisions of title eleven of article nine of this chapter.
3. The venue of any action or proceeding against the authority or its members, officers, employees or agents, or in which any question arises as to the validity of any section of this act, shall be laid in the county in which the principal office of the authority is located.
4. Notwithstanding subdivision three of this section, exclusive jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the court of claims to hear and determine any claim of any person brought hereafter against the authority to recover damages for injuries to property or for personal injury arising out of the operation by the authority of any participating olympic facility owned by the state or of the Belleayre Mountain ski center or of the Gore mountain ski center, in the same manner and to the extent provided and subject to the provisions of the court of claims act with respect to claims against the state, and to make awards and render judgments therefor. The payment of awards and judgments for any such claims brought in the supreme court pursuant to this title or in the court of claims shall be made from appropriations for judgments against the state pursuant to section twenty of the court of claims act.