Case Name: Gordon Beh, Appellant, v. State of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1982-03-30
Citations: 56 N.Y.2d 576
Docket Number: Claim No. 60990
Parties: Gordon Beh, Appellant, v State of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 56
Pages: 576–578

Head Matter:
Gordon Beh, Appellant, v State of New York, Respondent.
(Claim No. 60990.)
Argued February 18, 1982;
decided March 30, 1982
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Irving Pheterson and Patricia O’Toole Vazzana for appellant.
Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (.Dennis Hurley and Shirley Adelson Siegel of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division, insofar as appealed from, reversed, with costs, and the judgment of the Court of Claims should be reinstated, for the reasons stated in the dissenting memorandum at the Appellate Division.
The trial court "by necessary implication from its award of consequential damages" found the loss of direct access rendered the property unsuitable for its highest and best use (Priestly v State of New York, 23 NY2d 152, 155).
Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer concur; Judge Jasen dissents and votes to affirm for reasons stated in the memorandum of the Appellate Division (81 AD2d 744).
Order, insofar as appealed from, reversed, with costs, and the judgment of the Court of Claims reinstated in a memorandum.