Mathieu v. State

—In a claim to recover damages for personal injuries and wrongful death, the claimant appeals, on the ground of inadequacy, from a judgment of the Court of Claims (Collins, J.), dated August 26, 1998, which, after a non-jury trial, and upon dismissing the claims to recover damages for medical malpractice and wrongful death, is in favor of the claimant and against the defendant only in the principal sum of $12,000.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The determination of the court, which credited the testimony of the defendant’s medical expert that the…