SEAMAN v. STATE OF NEW YORK


45 A.D.3d 1126 (2007)

845 N.Y.S.2d 871

RICHARD SEAMAN, Appellant, v. STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent. (Claim No. 109036.)

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

Decided November 21, 2007.


Spain, J.

Claimant commenced this action seeking damages for injuries he allegedly sustained while an inmate at Hudson Correctional Facility in Columbia County when he slipped and fell when exiting a shower. At a nonjury trial on the issue of liability, claimant testified that he took two steps out of the shower and slipped on water on the floor, twisting and injuring his knee. Claimant explained that each time he showered he had observed that water would accumulate...

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