HARRIS v. STATE OF NEW YORK


100 Misc.2d 1015 (1979)

Manuel Harris, Claimant, v. State of New York, Defendant. (Claim No. 63227.)

Court of Claims.

September 18, 1979


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manuel Harris, claimant pro se. Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Kent L. Mardon of counsel), for defendant.


GERARD M. WEISBERG, J.

Claimant, an inmate of Taconic Correctional Facility, located at Bedford Hills, moves for permission to proceed as a poor person and for appointment of counsel, pursuant to CPLR 1101, in connection with a claim for damages arising out of the negligent dispensing of improper eye drops by prison authorities causing claimant to sustain temporary blindness.

The State contends that...

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