Case Name: Richard Figueroa, Respondent-Appellant, v. State of New York, Appellant-Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2005-06-10
Citations: 19 A.D.3d 1053
Docket Number: Claim No. 104206
Parties: Richard Figueroa, Respondent-Appellant, v State of New York, Appellant-Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 19
Pages: 1053–1053

Head Matter:
Richard Figueroa, Respondent-Appellant, v State of New York, Appellant-Respondent.
(Claim No. 104206.)
[796 NYS2d 292]

Opinion:
Appeal and cross appeal from an order of the Court of Claims (Nicholas V Midey, Jr., J.), entered January 12, 2004. The order denied defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the claim and determined that, since seat belts are not required on buses, evidence of such nonuse will not be admissible at trial with respect to liability.
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed without costs for reasons stated in decision at the Court of Claims. Present— Green, J.P., Hurlbutt, Scudder, Pine and Lawton, JJ.