Case Name: Duane Bragg, Appellant, v. State of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1987-11-10
Citations: 134 A.D.2d 835
Docket Number: Claim No. 67893
Parties: Duane Bragg, Appellant, v State of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 134
Pages: 835–836

Head Matter:
Duane Bragg, Appellant, v State of New York, Respondent.
(Claim No. 67893.)

Opinion:
— Judgment unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: The sole expert evidence offered by claimant regarding the medical malpractice of defendant's physicians was the testimony of a psychiatrist. The court accorded his testimony little, if any, probative weight. The amount of weight to be accorded the expert's testimony was for the court, as trier of the facts, to determine (see, Richardson, Evidence § 367 [Prince 10th ed]), and we find no basis to disturb the court's findings (see, Hale v State of New York, 53 AD2d 1025). The record also supports the court's finding of lack of negligence on the part of nonmedical employees of the Rochester Psychiatric Center. (Appeal from judgment of Court of Claims, Quigley, J. — negligence.) Present —Dillon, P. J., Denman, Green, Balio and Davis, JJ.