Garvin v. State

In a claim to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the claimants appeal from an order of the Court of Claims (Silverman, J.), dated September 11, 1991, which denied their application pursuant to Court of Claims Act § 10 (6) for leave to file the claim late.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The claimant Jacob Garvin, an employee of the Long Island Lighting Company (hereinafter LILCO), was injured while reconnecting a customer’s electrical service wires to a LILCOowned utility pole. The utility pole was located on a road which had been recently widened by the State. Jacob…