Ryan v. State

In a proceeding pursuant to Court of Claims Act § 10 (6) for leave to file a late claim, the petitioner appeals from an order of the Court of Claims (Silverman, J.), entered July 29, 1997, which denied her motion to renew her prior application for leave to file a late claim.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

On her original application for leave to file a late claim, which was denied by the Court of Claims, the petitioner failed to submit an affidavit from an engineer which would establish that the State departed from accepted practices and standards in designing a roadway. Then,…