Title: William Bryant v State of New York

State: new-york

Issuer: New York Appellate Court

Document:

Bryant v State of New York


2006 NY Slip Op 04458 [7 NY3d 732]


June 8, 2006


Court of Appeals


Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.


As corrected through Wednesday, July 26, 2006



[*1]
William Bryant, Respondent,vState of New York, Appellant.Decided June 8, 2006



Bryant v State of New York, 23 AD3d 592, appeal dismissed.



APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL


Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, Albany (Michael S. Buskus, Caitlin J. Halligan, Daniel Smirlock and Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for appellant.
Bergstein & Ullrich, LLP, Chester (Christopher D. Watkins and Stephen Bergstein of counsel), for respondent.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.
Defendant's appeal should be dismissed, without costs, upon the ground that the Appellate Division did not have the power to grant leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals on a certified question in these circumstances (see NY Const, art VI, § 3 [b] [3], [4]; CPLR 5601 [c]; 5602 [b] [1]; Maynard v Greenberg, 82 NY2d 913, 914 [1994]). The apportionment of fault is a component of the liability determination, which was the subject of the initial trial.
Chief Judge Kaye and Judges G.B. Smith, Ciparick, Rosenblatt, Graffeo, Read and R.S. Smith concur.
[*2]On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR 500.11), appeal dismissed, without costs, in a memorandum.