Legal Opinion
Yoss v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 24, 1997No. Claim No. 87932PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMercure, J.
Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims (Hanifin, J.), entered January 23, 1996, upon a decision of the court following a bifurcated trial in favor of the State on the issue of liability.
This claim arises out of a June 24, 1993 one-car accident that occurred on State Route 17 in the Town of Mamakating, Sullivan County, causing the death of the driver, Murray Yoss (hereinafter decedent), and seriously injuring claimant, the front-seat passenger. It is undisputed that the vehicle went off the right side of the highway, then back onto the highway where decedent apparently overcorrected,…
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