Legal Opinion
Tavormina v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided May 11, 1984No. Claim No. 65604PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Gerard M. Weisberg, J.
This motion by claimants for the examination of the City of New York before trial as a nonparty witness requires that we address a difference between the Court of Claims Act and the Civil Practice Law and Rules and an apparent difference in the interpretation of the latter by the Appellate Divisions of the First and Second Departments.
The claim arises from an accident on the FDR Drive in the County of New York. Allegedly, claimant Maria Tavormina was injured when the automobile in which she was a passenger struck a steel grating that had been placed…
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- Rapp v. New York City Employees' Retirement SystemNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- Kelly v. ShafiroffAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
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- Tramantano v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1986