REAVEY v. STATE


125 A.D.2d 656 (1986)

Jean Reavey, Appellant, v. State of New York, Respondent

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

December 31, 1986


Ordered that the judgment is reversed, with costs, the claimant is awarded judgment against the defendant on the issue of liability, and the matter is remitted to the Court of Claims for a trial on the issue of damages.

We have reviewed the record and conclude that the claimant proved, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the proximate cause of her injuries was the State's breach of its duty to exercise reasonable care to protect patients in State institutions...

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