Legal Opinion

Travalino v. State

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 4, 1994No. Claim No. 78887PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—In a claim to recover damages for personal injuries, the claimants appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims (Bell, J.), dated February 25, 1992, which, after a nonjury trial on the issue of liability only, dismissed the claim.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

"It is well established that the State is not an insurer of the safety of its roads and no liability will attach unless the ascribed negligence of the State in maintaining its roads in a reasonable condition is a proximate cause of the accident” (Andrews v State of New York, 168 AD2d 474, 475; see also, Stanford v…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Stanford v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  2. Andrews v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Vega v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 2005
  2. Belonzi v. Town of BrookhavenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996

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