Legal Opinion
Ray v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 8, 2003PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mercure, J.P.
Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims (Read, P.J.), entered February 26, 2002, which, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
On August 5, 1996, Cheyenne A. Ray (hereinafter decedent) drowned at Grafton Lakes State Park in Rensselaer County. Decedent, a five-year-old nonswimmer, was on an outing with a group of eight adults and children and in the care of 20-year-old Melissa Rodriguez. Shortly after 12:15 p.m., decedent entered the bathing area of Grafton Lake with Rodriguez’s permission and walked past a buoy line to play in…
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