Case Title: Reames v State of New York

Citation: 2022 NY Slip Op 00039

Docket Number: 

State: new-york

Court: New York Appellate Court

Date: 2022-01-06T00:00:00Z

Document:
Reames v State of New York

2022 NY Slip Op 00039

Decided on January 6, 2022

Court of Appeals

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 January 6, 2022

No. 20 SSM 26

[*1]Dorothy Reames, & c., Appellant,
vState of New York et al., Respondents.


Submitted by W. Bradley Hunt, for appellant.
Submitted by Jonathan D. Hitsous, for respondents. 


MEMORANDUM:
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
The Appellate Division applied the correct substantial factor test (see e.g. Brown v State of New York, 31 NY3d 514, 519-520 [2018]), and record evidence supports the Court of Claims' affirmed finding that defendants' negligence was not a substantial factor in aggravating decedent's injuries or causing his death.
On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules, order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum. Chief Judge DiFiore and Judges Rivera, Garcia, Wilson, Singas and Cannataro concur.
Decided January 6, 2022