Phifer v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—In a claim to recover damages for wrongful death, the claimant appeals from an order of the Court of Claims (Silverman, J.), entered March 26, 1994, which (1) granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing her claim, and (2) denied her cross motion for further discovery.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The claimant failed to refute evidence provided by deposition testimony and police reports that the claimant’s decedent, while intoxicated, stole a State-owned vehicle from the grounds of the Kings Park Psychiatric Center. The decedent crashed the vehicle into a…
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