Edwards v. State

Cardona, EJ.

Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims (Sise, J.), entered March 14, 2003, which denied claimant’s motion for summary judgment.

Claimant, an inmate, filed this claim seeking damages for the alleged loss of materials that he ordered from an art supply company while incarcerated at Eastern Correctional Facility in Ulster County. The Court of Claims denied claimant’s motion for summary judgment and claimant now appeals.

For claimant to prevail on his motion, he was required to establish his entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by “tendering sufficient evidence to demonstrate…