Bryant v. State

S. Miller, J.,

concurs in part and dissents in part, and votes to dismiss the appeal from the decision and affirm the judgment with the following memorandum in which Krausman, J., concurs: I do not agree with the conclusion of the majority that the State of New York should be held liable in damages to the claimant for his failure to check the references of the dishonest employee he hired.

The facts are essentially as recited in the majority’s decision with a few exceptions. Because he needed larger quarters, the claimant relocated his business to Orange County in reliance, inter alia, upon…