Estate of Hamzavi v. State

Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims (Diane L. Fitzpatrick, J.), entered August 26, 2009 in a personal injury action. The judgment dismissed the claim.

It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Claimant commenced this wrongful death action as administrator of the estate of Siamak Hamzavi (decedent), seeking damages for the fatal injuries sustained by decedent when the vehicle he was driving left the highway, struck a guide rail and collided with a concrete bridge pier on Interstate 81 near Syracuse. On a prior appeal, we…