Davis v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—In a claim to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the claimant’s decedent, the claimant appeals from a judgment of the Court of Claims (McCabe, J.), dated November 6, 1991, which dismissed the claim.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
Great weight should be accorded to the trial court’s determinations, particularly when, as here, they rest upon a resolution of issues of credibility and an assessment of the weight of the evidence (see, Amend v Hurley, 293 NY 587; Levy v Kurpil, 168 AD2d 881, 882; Cordts v State of New York, 125 AD2d 746; Arnold v State of New…
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