Unspecified claim

[4] Under New York civil practice, "stating a specific sum in (a) personal injury complaint" is normally barred.

[5] Technically, it is not strictly prohibited, but it prevents adding additional damages to jury instructions.

[7] Federal judge Walter Rivera used this reasoning when ruling in a parallel case in court filing found on nycourts.gov; “The failure to bring a late claim application before the expiration of the relevant statute of limitations would preclude the Court from considering the application because the failure to file a late claim application within the proscribed time period is a jurisdictional defect and the Court is without discretionary power to grant nunc pro tunc relief".

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