Legal Opinion
Posman v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 20, 1986PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Kane, J.
Appeal from a judgment in favor of claimant, entered January 28, 1985, upon a decision of the Court of Claims (Lowery, Jr., J.).
On July 25, 1979, Gregory C. Posman (hereinafter decedent) drove Hamilton Allport to a store on Lansingville Road in the Town of Lansing, Tompkins County. Decedent had never previously driven on Lansingville Road. After leaving the store, decedent and Allport drove west on Lansingville Road. At the time, the road surface was wet from an afternoon rainstorm. Approximately 250 feet before Lansingville Road intersected with State Route 34B, decedent allegedly…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Sanford v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- Miller v. TucholsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- Posman v. Town of LansingAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Mattice v. Town of WiltonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- Edwards v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
- Whitaker v. Kennedy/Town of PolandAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2018