WERNER v. STATE


79 A.D.2d 873 (1980)

Juanita Werner, Individually and as Administratrix of The Estate of Ronald Werner, Deceased, Respondent, v. State of New York et al., Appellants. (Claim No. 57226.)

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

December 23, 1980


Order reversed, on the law, without costs, motion granted and claim dismissed.

Memorandum:

Defendant appeals from an order of the Court of Claims denying its motion for summary judgment. The notice of claim alleges that claimant's decedent, while employed by defendant as a guard at the Attica Correctional Facility, was killed as a result of the actions of the State of New York in retaking control of the prison from riotous inmates on September 13, 1971. The...

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