Legal Opinion
Cottingham v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided November 19, 1999No. Claim No. 92888PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
John L. Bell, J.
Claimant David J. Cottingham (hereinafter claimant), upon experiencing operational difficulties with the tractor-trailer that he was driving southbound on Interstate Route 87 in the Town of Ulster, Ulster County, New York, on February 9, 1994, about 10:00 p.m., parked the vehicle on the shoulder of the highway, exited the vehicle and was thereafter struck by defendant’s snowplow. Defendant, relying upon McDonald v State of New York (176 Misc 2d 130), in which the court, construing Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1103 (b), held that an operator of a snowplow…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Saarinen v. KerrNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
- Campbell v. City of ElmiraNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
- Hechter v. New York Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- Matter of Sullivan Co., Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1942
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Riley v. County of BroomeNew York Court of Appeals · 2000
- Riley v. County of BroomeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
- Gawelko v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 2000
- New York State Electric & Gas Corp. v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 2002