Legal Opinion
Bliss v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided December 21, 1998No. Claim No. 96039PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Terry Jane Ruderman, J.
Defendants move for summary judgment and claimants cross-move seeking summary judgment and dismissal of defendants’ affirmative defenses that claimant, George L. Bliss, Jr.,* was contributorily negligent in causing the accident and did not use a seat belt.
This claim arises out of an accident that occurred on October 20, 1995 at approximately 1:30 p.m. Claimant was driving a six-wheeler truck southbound on 1-87 and over the Tappan Zee Bridge. En route, claimant impacted with the back of a New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA) truck that was…
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- Long v. Forest-FehlhaberNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Bliss v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
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