Court Opinion

ID: 5186468
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-06 14:07:40.115568+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:26:46.110538
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State of New York                                               MEMORANDUM
Court of Appeals                                           This memorandum is uncorrected and subject to
                                                         revision before publication in the New York Reports.

 No. 20 SSM 26
 Dorothy Reames, &c.,
         Appellant,
      v.
 State of New York et al.,
         Respondents.

 Submitted by W. Bradley Hunt, for appellant.
 Submitted by Jonathan D. Hitsous, for respondents.

 MEMORANDUM:

        The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

        The Appellate Division applied the correct substantial factor test (see e.g. Brown v

 State of New York, 31 NY3d 514, 519-520 [2018]), and record evidence supports the Court

 of Claims’ affirmed finding that defendants’ negligence was not a substantial factor in

 aggravating decedent’s injuries or causing his death.

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On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules, order affirmed, with
costs, in a memorandum. Chief Judge DiFiore and Judges Rivera, Garcia, Wilson, Singas
and Cannataro concur.

Decided January 6, 2022

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