Case Name: Harold J. Payne, as Administrator of the Estate of Katherine I. Mannings, Deceased, Appellant, v. State of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-10-04
Citations: 265 A.D.2d 314
Docket Number: Claim No. 82873-A
Parties: Harold J. Payne, as Administrator of the Estate of Katherine I. Mannings, Deceased, Appellant, v State of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 265
Pages: 314–314

Head Matter:
Harold J. Payne, as Administrator of the Estate of Katherine I. Mannings, Deceased, Appellant, v State of New York, Respondent.
(Claim No. 82873-A.)
[696 NYS2d 691]

Opinion:
—In a claim to recover damages for wrongful death, the claimant appeals from a judgment of the Court of Claims (Ruderman, J.), dated July 17, 1998, which, after a nonjury trial, dismissed the claim.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
The court's finding that any negligence on the part of the defendant was not the proximate cause of the decedent's injuries is supported by a fair interpretation of the evidence and should not be disturbed. Altman, J. P., Krausman, H. Miller and Schmidt, JJ., concur.