WOOD v. STATE

File No. 115104, 2012-09928.

119 A.D.3d 672 (2014)

990 N.Y.S.2d 76

2014 NY Slip Op 5173

SHEENA MICHELLE WOOD, as Administratrix of the Estate of CHRIS ANTHONY KENNER, Deceased, Appellant, v. STATE OF NEW YORK et al., Respondents.

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

Decided July 9, 2014.


In a claim to recover damages for wrongful death, the claimant appeals from an order of the Court of Claims (Marin, J.), dated August 21, 2012, which granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the claim.

[Prior Case History: 36 Misc.3d 1239.]

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

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