Case Name: Valerie Barrett, as Administratrix of the Estate of Kellian Barrett, Deceased, Respondent, v. State of New York, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1991-11-26
Citations: 78 N.Y.2d 1111
Docket Number: Claim No. 74265
Parties: Valerie Barrett, as Administratrix of the Estate of Kellian Barrett, Deceased, Respondent, v State of New York, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 78
Pages: 1111–1113

Head Matter:
Valerie Barrett, as Administratrix of the Estate of Kellian Barrett, Deceased, Respondent, v State of New York, Appellant.
(Claim No. 74265.)
Argued October 8, 1991;
decided November 26, 1991
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Michael S. Buskus, O. Peter Sherwood and Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for appellant.
Martin Diennor and Abraham Fuchsberg for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order affirmed, with costs, and certified question answered in the affirmative, for the reasons stated in the opinion by Justice Thomas R. Sullivan at the Appellate Division (161 AD2d 61).
Concur: Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Simons, Kaye, Alexander, Titone, Hancock, Jr., and Bellacosa.