Szmania v. State

*1689Claimants commenced this action seeking damages for injuries sustained by David Szmania (claimant), an off-duty police officer, when he was assaulted by a resident of the West Seneca Developmental Center, a facility operated by the New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. The resident had fled from the facility and was in the neighborhood of the facility at the time of the assault. In appeal No. 1, claimants appeal from an order denying in part their motion to compel disclosure and, in appeal No. 2, they appeal from an order also denying in part their…