RAMIREZ v. STATE OF NEW YORK


171 Misc.2d 677 (1997)

655 N.Y.S.2d 791

Santiago Ramirez, Claimant, v. State of New York, Defendant. (Claim No. 93004.)

Court of Claims.

January 2, 1997


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney-General (Vincent A. Henry of counsel), for defendant. Santiago Ramirez, claimant pro se.


JAMES P. KING, J.

Motion by defendant for an order of dismissal. Among other issues, this motion raises the question of whether a cause of action for "wrongful confinement" within a prison setting is an intentional tort subject to the one-year time limitation of Court of Claims Act § 10 (3-b).

Claimant alleges that officials of the Coxsackie Correctional Facility wrongfully confined him to his...

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