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MEEHAN OF HUNTINGTON, INC. v. STATE

134544. Appeal No. 14419. Case No. 2020-04844.

198 A.D.3d 536 (2021)

152 N.Y.S.3d 802

2021 NY Slip Op 05778

Meehan of Huntington, Inc., Respondent, v. State of New York, Appellant.

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

Decided October 21, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Letitia James , Attorney General, Albany ( Owen Demuth of counsel), for appellant.

Zabell & Collotta, P.C., Bohemia ( Saul D. Zabell of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Acosta, P.J., Manzanet-Daniels, Kern, Oing, Kennedy, JJ.

The actions of the New York State Division of Human Rights (DHR) in investigating the disability discrimination complaint against claimant by one of its restaurant customers constituted quasi-judicial discretionary actions taken during the performance of governmental functions and are thus shielded from liability under the doctrine of governmental immunity (Valdez v City of New York, 18 N.Y.3d 69, 76 [2011]). DHR's human rights specialist...

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