Ford Motor Credit Co. v. State

Casey, J. P.

Appeal from an order of *981the Court of Claims (Koreman, P. J.), entered June 5, 1986, which granted claimant’s motion to dismiss the State’s first and second affirmative defenses.

At issue on this appeal is whether the Court of Claims erred in granting claimant’s motion to dismiss two of the State’s affirmative defenses, which are based upon the doctrine of sovereign immunity. Claimant alleges that a certificate of title for a motor vehicle owned by claimant was negligently issued to the lessee of the vehicle, instead of to claimant. It is further alleged that upon receipt of the…