Rivera v. State of New York

2018 NY Slip Op 4211

Opinion

Rivera v State of New York (2018 NY Slip Op 04211)

Rivera v State of New York

2018 NY Slip Op 04211

Decided on June 8, 2018

Appellate Division, Fourth Department

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Decided on June 8, 2018 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., SMITH, PERADOTTO, DEJOSEPH, AND TROUTMAN, JJ.

698 CA 17-01987

[*1]JOSE RIVERA, CLAIMANT-APPELLANT,

v

STATE OF NEW YORK, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT. (CLAIM NO. 120113.) (APPEAL NO. 2.)

GOLDBERGER & DUBIN, P.C., NEW YORK CITY (STACEY VAN MALDEN OF COUNSEL), FOR CLAIMANT-APPELLANT.

BARBARA D. UNDERWOOD, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (PATRICK A. WOODS OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims (Judith A. Hard, J.), entered September 14, 2017. The order denied the motion of claimant for summary judgment, granted the cross motion of defendant for summary judgment and dismissed the claim.

It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs for reasons stated in the decisions at the Court of Claims.

Entered: June 8, 2018

Mark W. Bennett

Clerk of the Court