Close v. State

Appeal from a judgment in favor of claimants, entered February 9, 1981, upon a decision of tlmCourt of Claims (Lowery, Jr., J.). On January 28, 1977, claimant Joyce Close* sustained injuries to her neck, back and knee when the vehicle she was operating on New York State Route 30 in Fulton County was struck from the rear by a State Police car being driven by a State trooper. In its decision, the Court of Claims found that the trooper’s negligent conduct was the sole and proximate cause of the accident and that the State was liable to claimant for her injuries resulting from the accident…