Aragones v. State

Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims (Benza, J.), entered October 10, 1996, upon a decision of the court in favor of claimant.

On August 7, 1989 claimant was involved in an accident on the Thruway when the car in which she was a passenger was struck by a piece of plywood which had fallen from an overpass; the record reveals that the plywood fell from a construction site set up by employees of defendant State Thruway Authority. Claimant brought a negligence suit against the State and the Thruway Authority for failing to safely repair and maintain the highway and failing to warn…