Farrell v. State

*639During the morning of May 15, 2002, the claimant was injured while driving to work on the Manhattan-bound Gowanus Expressway when a metal brake shoe went through her windshield and struck her in the face. As is relevant here, the claimant commenced this claim against the State of New York. After a nonjury trial on the issue of liability, the Court of Claims dismissed the claim, finding that the State was not negligent and that, in any event, any breach of a duty was not a proximate cause of the claimant’s injuries. The claimant appeals from the judgment dated July 6, 2010, which dismissed the…