McEnaney v. State

Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims (Benza, J.), entered November 7, 1996, which partially granted claimant’s motion to compel discovery.

Claimant, a student at the State University of New York at Albany, was shot by a fellow classmate during a hostage situation on campus in December 1994. Thereafter, claimant commenced this action against the State alleging, inter alia, its negligence in the security protection provided and its failure to adequately protect students against foreseeable risks.

This appeal concerns claimant’s demand for discovery of “the records, notes, memos, reports,…