Bliss v. State

—In a claim to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the claimants appeal from an order of the Court of Claims (Ruderman, J.), dated December 21, 1998, which granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the claim and denied their cross motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability and to dismiss the defendants’ affirmative defenses of contributory negligence and failure to wear a seat belt.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The Court of Claims correctly determined that the “reckless disregard” standard set forth in Vehicle and Traffic Law §…