Legal Opinion

Payne v. State

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 10, 2016No. Claim No. 115204Published

1Opinion of the Court

*1491Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims (Renee Forgensi Minarik, J.), dated February 13, 2015. The judgment dismissed the claim after a trial.

It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Claimant, an inmate at a correctional facility, commenced this action seeking damages for injuries he sustained when he slipped and fell on a puddle of water in the hallway outside of his housing unit. We reject claimant’s contention that the determination of the Court of Claims dismissing the claim following a trial is against the weight of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Diaz v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  2. Janczylik v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015

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