RINK, RALPH v. EXCELLUS HEALTH PLAN, INC.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 999 CA 11-00410 PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., SMITH, LINDLEY, SCONIERS, AND GORSKI, JJ. RALPH RINK, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF JOANNE RINK, DECEASED, AND RALPH RINK, INDIVIDUALLY, CLAIMANT, V ORDER STATE OF NEW YORK, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. ------------------------------------------ EXCELLUS HEALTH PLAN, INC., INTERVENOR-RESPONDENT. (CLAIM NO. 114132.) ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (KATE H. NEPVEU OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. BOND, SCHOENECK & KING, PLLC, ROCHESTER (SCOTT M. PHILBIN OF COUNSEL), FOR INTERVENOR-RESPONDENT. Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims (Diane L. Fitzpatrick, J.), entered April 20, 2010. The order granted the motion of Excellus Health Plan, Inc. for leave to intervene. It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs for the reasons stated in the decision at the Court of Claims. Entered: September 30, 2011 Patricia L. Morgan Clerk of the Court