Rizzo v. State

Appeal from a judgment in favor of claimants, entered May 26, 1987, upon a decision of the Court of Claims (Lyons, J.).

On November 14,1984, at approximately 8:30 a.m., claimant Elaine M. Rizzo was driving a vehicle owned by her husband, claimant John A. Rizzo, across the 112th Street Bridge which spans the Hudson River between the City of Troy, Rensselaer *954County, and the City of Cohoes, Albany County. At that time, the center portion of the bridge that lifts to allow water vessels to pass underneath was composed of steel grating which had a "hump” in the center of the bridge where the lift…