Case Name: Rafael Arroyo, Appellant, v. State of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1987-05-26
Citations: 130 A.D.2d 700
Docket Number: 
Parties: Rafael Arroyo, Appellant, v State of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 130
Pages: 700–700

Head Matter:
(May 26, 1987)
Rafael Arroyo, Appellant, v State of New York, Respondent.

Opinion:
In a claim to recover damages for personal injury, the claimant appeals from a judgment of the Court of Claims (McCabe, J.), dated March 14, 1986, which dismissed his claim, after a nonjury trial, for failure to make out a prima facie case.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
We agree with Judge McCabe that the claimant failed to establish a prima facie case of negligence against the defendant and that the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur has no application to the facts of this case. Thompson, J. P., Niehoff, Kunzeman and Harwood, JJ., concur.