Legal Opinion
Otero v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided September 7, 1993No. Claim No. 79749PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Louis C. Benza, J.
Motion by defendant for an order dismissing this action on the ground that claimant does not have legal capacity to sue.
Claimant Miguel Otero is incarcerated within the State prison system and currently resides at Auburn Correctional *36Facility. He was incarcerated in Great Meadow Correctional Facility on October 13, 1989, when his daughter suffered the injuries giving rise to this claim.
The claim arises from an injury suffered by his then four-year-old daughter, Jessica, when a door to the women’s restroom in Great Meadow’s visiting area closed on her…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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