Pursel v. State

Mikoll, J. P.

Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims (Hanifin, J.), entered January 10, 1995, upon a decision of the court in favor of the State.

Claimant commenced an action for negligence against the State alleging that the State was liable for allowing a defective door on a booth located in a food court operated by Marriott Corporation in the mini-mall at the State University of New York at Binghamton (SUNY) in Broome County, where claimant worked. Claimant contends that the door released from its latched overhead, horizontal position while claimant was walking through, striking her…