Tuttle v. State

—Judgment unanimously affirmed with costs. Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment apportioning 90% liability to defendant for injuries sustained by claimant Eleanor Tuttle when she tripped over a tree stump on a paved pathway while camping in a State park. We reject the contention of defendant that it owed no duty to claimants. “The State, as a landowner, has a duty to exercise reasonable care in the maintenance and control of its parks to prevent injury to foreseeable users of its facilities” (O’Keeffe v State of New York, 140 AD2d 998, 998-999, appeal dismissed 73 NY2d 756). “The…