ARRIAGA v. STATE


111 A.D.2d 663 (1985)

Pedro J. Arriaga, Respondent, v. State of New York, Appellant. (Claim No. 63986-A.)

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

June 18, 1985


On December 29, 1979, at 11:30 P.M., claimant was at his mother's apartment with his brother, Salvador Arriaga, a correction officer employed at Ossining Correctional Facility, when his brother accidentally shot him, rendering him a quadriplegic. His brother was off duty and had been cleaning his personal firearm. Claimant now seeks to recover against the State for his personal injuries under the theory of respondeat superior.

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