Smith v. State

Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims (Schaewe, J.), entered June 6, 2013, upon a decision of the court following a bifurcated trial in favor of claimant on the issue of liability.

Claimant sustained personal injuries when the bicycle she was riding collided with a marked State Police vehicle in the Village of Whitney Point, Broome County. Claimant was riding along a street that ends at a T intersection, and was just past the stop sign but not yet into the intersection. The trooper was driving on the other street when he began making a left turn onto the street where claimant was…