Legal Opinion

Watts v. State

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

Decided January 3, 2006PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Court of Claims of the State of New York (Alan C. Marin, J.), entered on or about August 3, 2004, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the brief, after a nonjury trial on damages, made no award of damages for post-traumatic stress disorder, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

In a nonjury trial, “ ‘the decision of the fact-finding court should not be disturbed upon appeal unless it is obvious that the court’s conclusions could not be reached under any fair interpretation of the evidence, especially when the findings of fact rest in large measure on considerations…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Thoreson v. Penthouse International, Ltd.New York Court of Appeals · 1992
  2. Claridge Gardens, Inc. v. MenottiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  3. Thoreson v. Penthouse International, Ltd.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992

3Cited by20 opinions

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  3. Araujo v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  4. Mohan v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  5. Matter of Levine v. Seven Pines Assoc. Ltd. PartnershipAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017

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