MELVIN, CRAIG v. STATE OF NEW YORK

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 1294 CA 11-02541 PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., CENTRA, VALENTINO, WHALEN, AND MARTOCHE, JJ. CRAIG MELVIN, CLAIMANT-APPELLANT, V MEMORANDUM AND ORDER STATE OF NEW YORK, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT. (CLAIM NO. 107704.) GREENE & REID, PLLC, SYRACUSE (EUGENE W. LANE OF COUNSEL), FOR CLAIMANT-APPELLANT. ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (LAURA ETLINGER OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT. Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims (Nicholas V. Midey, Jr., J.), entered August 31, 2011. The judgment dismissed…