Ryan v. State

— Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims, entered *948April 15, 1980, which denied a motion by defendant to dismiss the claim. Claimant, an attorney licensed to practice in this State, against whom an indictment was filed but subsequently dismissed for lack of evidence, seeks damages from the State for malicious prosecution and abuse of process. He charges the State, through its agents and employees, including State Police Officers and members of the State Organized Crime Task Force, acting in concert with the then Albany County District Attorney, with improperly causing an indictment to be…