Brown v State of New York

Brown v State of New York 2016 NY Slip Op 07455 Decided on November 10, 2016 Appellate Division, Fourth Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on November 10, 2016 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., SMITH, LINDLEY, TROUTMAN, AND SCUDDER, JJ.
875 CA 15-01912

[*1]LINDA M. BROWN, AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF WAYNE BROWN, DECEASED, CLAIMANT-RESPONDENT,

v

STATE OF NEW YORK, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. (CLAIM NO. 108961.) ————————————————————————— LINDA M. BROWN, CLAIMANT-RESPONDENT, STATE OF NEW YORK, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. (CLAIM NO. 110037.) (APPEAL NO. 1.)

ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (JONATHAN D. HITSOUS OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

THE PALMIERE LAW FIRM, ROCHESTER (MICHAEL S. STEINBERG OF COUNSEL), FOR CLAIMANT-RESPONDENT.

Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims (Nicholas V. Midey, Jr., J.), entered July 20, 2015. The order directed a judgment pursuant to CPLR article 50-B.

It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs (see Hughes v Nussbaumer, Clarke & Velzy , 140 AD2d 988, 988; Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. v Roberts & Roberts , 63 AD2d 566, 567; see also CPLR 5501 [a] [1]).

Entered: November 10, 2016

Frances E. Cafarell

Clerk of the Court