Bell v. New York State Dormitory Authority

— Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Barry Salman, J.), entered on January 22, 1991, which denied the defendant’s motion to amend its answer to include an affirmative defense that plaintiff was precluded by the doctrine of collateral estoppel from seeking damages in excess of the amount previously awarded the plaintiff by the Court of Claims in an action entitled Matter of Bell v State of *531New York, unanimously reversed, on the law, and the motion granted, without costs.

Plaintiff was injured on a campus of the State University of New York when he lacerated two of his fingers on a metal…