Legal Opinion
Gawelko v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided April 10, 2000No. Claim No. 95731PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Donald J. Corbett, Jr., J.
This personal injury claim arose from a two-vehicle accident that occurred January 12, 1997, on Route 78 in the Town of Java, Wyoming County. Claimant1 and two passengers were *582traveling in a westerly direction when their vehicle, a Ford pickup truck, collided with a New York State Department of Transportation (DOT) snowplow. The claim alleges that the snowplow, which was operated by State employee Todd Barvian, was traveling at an unsafe speed for existing conditions; that it did not stay on its proper side of the roadway; that the driver failed…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Szczerbiak v. PilatNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
- Saarinen v. KerrNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
- People v. RyanNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
- Rust v. ReyerNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
- Wilson v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Riley v. County of BroomeNew York Court of Appeals · 2000
- Oliveira v. City of Mount VernonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2005
- New York State Electric & Gas Corp. v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 2002