Walter v. State

OPINION OF THE COURT

Edwin Margolis, J.

This claim arises out of a fall sustained by the claimant, Danielle Walter, at John Boyd Thacher State Park (Park), in *353the County of Albany, on April 17, 1985 between 5:30 and 5:45 p.m.1 The trial was bifurcated and this decision deals only with the issue of liability.

At the time of the incident, claimant was a 19-year-old student at Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in the City of Albany. She and her classmates were attending a picnic which had been organized by the School of Nursing. Claimant and two of her friends drove to the Park, arriving sometime…