Pietra v. State

The claimants, by a joint notice of claim filed on August 11, 1978, seek to recover damages against the State flowing from the New York State Organized Crime Task Force’s obtaining and executing a search warrant against the claimants’ properties on or about August 11, 1976. Claimants allege that the material seized was retained by the Task Force until April 10, 1978. Claimants allege further that by reason of this seizure and retention, claimant B-T Productions, Inc.’s dinner theater suffered loss of business, forcing the claimants into bankruptcy. No specific theory of liability is set forth…