Williams v. State

Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims (Hard, J.), entered November 12, 2014, upon a decision of the *1377court following a bifurcated trial in favor of defendant on the issue of liability.

Claimant worked at Coxsackie Correctional Facility as a certified nurse’s aide and, shortly after she arrived at the facility for her shift on December 12, 2010, she slipped and fell on ice in the parking lot. She commenced this negligence action to recover for the injuries sustained in the fall. The Court of Claims conducted a bifurcated trial on the issue of liability, after which it found for defendant…