Almedia v. State

Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims, entered February 3, 1978, which denied claimant’s motion for permission to file a late claim pursuant *713to subdivision 6 of section 10 of the Court of Claims Act. Claimant was driving an automobile on the Hempstead Turnpike in Bethpage, New York, a State-maintained highway, when, on June 1, 1977, he was involved in an accident wherein he allegedly sustained personal injuries caused by the negligence of the State in failing to remove an oil spill from the roadway and to keep the roadway closed until the spill was removed. As a result, on July 22,…