Brennan v. State

Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims, entered October 13, 1970, which denied the State’s motion for summary judgment. Claimant’s wrongful death action in Supreme Court against the contractors resulted in a verdict in favor of the defendant contractors. Except for the allegation that the lights beyond the barricade where the accident occurred created an illusion that the expressway continued, the negligence alleged against the State and the contractors is practically identical. On the trial claimant offered proof that there were no lights on the barricade, nor any warning signs. This…