Legal Opinion
P.A. v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 16, 2000PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRose, J.
Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims (Marin, J.), entered April 5, 2000, which denied claimant’s application pursuant to Court of Claims Act § 10 (6) for permission to file a late notice of claim.
Claimant, an inmate, alleges that he contracted HIV as a result of the State’s negligence in placing him in a “double cell” with another inmate who, unbeknownst to him, was infected with the virus. Claimant alleges that he became infected with the disease as a result of having carelessly switched razors with his cellmate. He allegedly learned that he had contracted *672the virus on September 5,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- E. K. v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- Riefler v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- Thomas v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
- Duffy v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Sandlin v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- Matter of Barnes v. State of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2018