Seetaram v. State of New York

In a claim to recover damages for wrongful death, the claimant appeals from an order of the Court of Claims (Lopez-Summa, J.), dated June 30, 2014, which granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the claim.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

On August 3, 2009, the decedent, Narie Nicholas Balkaran, drowned while swimming at Jones Beach State Park after a rip current pulled him away from the shore. In a claim dated May 23, 2011, Ramkhelawan Seetaram, the decedent’s grandfather and the administrator of his estate (hereinafter the claimant), alleged, inter alia,…