Orman v. State

Appeal from a judgment entered upon a decision of the Court of Claims which granted a motion to dismiss at the close of the claimant’s evidence. After the claimant rested, the court reserved decision on a motion to dismiss, at which time the 'State rested and renewed its motions. The court granted the motion made at the end of claimant’s ease to dismiss. Given the benefit of every favorable inference, it could be said that claimant made out a prima facie case (see Regan v. State of New York, 19 A D 2d 574), but on viewing the record as a whole, we conclude that he failed to establish, by a…