DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
"An insured's good faith belief in nonliability, when reasonable under the circumstances, may excuse a delay in notifying his insurer of an accident" (Chimenti v. Allstate Ins. Co., 253 A.D.2d 534; see, Argentina v. Orstego Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 207 A.D.2d 816, affd 86 N.Y.2d 748). The Supreme Court properly found that the plaintiff demonstrated a good faith, reasonable belief in nonliability so as to excuse its eight-month delay in notifying the defendants of the underlying accident. Neither the manner in which the accident occurred, the apparently trivial nature of the injury, nor the medical treatment rendered would have made a prudent person believe that a personal injury claim would be pursued (see, Briggs v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., 176 A.D.2d 1113; cf., New York Cent. Mut. Fire Ins. Co. v. Riley, 234 A.D.2d 279).