Claim of Harrison v. State

Appeals (1) from an order of the Court of Claims (King, J.), entered April 24, 1998, which, inter alia, denied claimant’s motion to strike certain affirmative defenses in the State’s answer, and (2) from an order of said court, entered September 8, 1998, which denied claimant’s motion for a preference.

Claimant, a prison inmate, initiated this negligence claim against the State seeking compensation for certain personal property allegedly misplaced by a correction officer in the course of packing claimant’s personal belongings prior to his transfer to another correctional facility. Following…