Davis v. State of New York

Davis v State of New York (2021 NY Slip Op 00662)
Davis v State of New York
2021 NY Slip Op 00662
Decided on February 5, 2021
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
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Decided on February 5, 2021 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: CARNI, J.P., LINDLEY, CURRAN, TROUTMAN, AND BANNISTER, JJ.

44 CA 20-00833

[*1]MICHAEL DAVIS, CLAIMANT-APPELLANT-RESPONDENT,

v

STATE OF NEW YORK, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. (CLAIM NO. 131072.)




GROSS SHUMAN P.C., BUFFALO, SMALL LAW FIRM (CRAIG Z. SMALL OF COUNSEL), FOR CLAIMANT-APPELLANT-RESPONDENT.

LETITIA JAMES, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (BEEZLY J. KIERNAN OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.



Appeal and cross appeal from an order of the Court of Claims (Renee Forgensi Minarik, J.), entered December 26, 2019. The order, inter alia, granted the motion of defendant for leave to amend its answer.

It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Entered: February 5, 2021

Mark W. Bennett

Clerk of the Court