Legal Opinion

Sierra v. State

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

Decided March 14, 1994No. Claim No. 78761PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

—In a claim to recover damages for personal injuries, the claimant appeals from a judgment of the Court of Claims (Bell, J.), dated January 8, 1992, which, after a nonjury trial on the issue of liability only, dismissed the claim.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The claimant, while visiting her daughter, an inmate at the Taconic Correctional Facility, slipped and fell on some pizza sauce which was on the floor of the visiting room. She contends that her fall resulted from the negligence of the State of New York in failing to remove the pizza sauce from the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Lewis v. Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  2. Fasano v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
  3. Bogart v. F. W. Woolworth Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1969

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Riefler v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996

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