BUTLER v. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK

2015-01935, Index No. 34831/12.

146 A.D.3d 853 (2017)

2017 NY Slip Op 00285

45 N.Y.S.3d 184

JANNIE BUTLER, as Administratrix of the Estate of ARTHUR LEE THOMAS, Deceased, Respondent, v. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK et al., Appellants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided January 18, 2017.


Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

In June 2012, Arthur Lee Thomas (hereinafter the decedent) died intestate while incarcerated at a Suffolk County correctional facility. The decedent was survived by his mother, Jannie Butler, and a minor child born out of wedlock (hereinafter the child). In August 2012, the Surrogate's Court issued letters of limited administration to Butler. In November...

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