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REAMES v. STATE OF NEW YORK

No. 20 SSM 26

37 N.Y.3d 1152 (2022)

180 N.E.3d 1055

159 N.Y.S.3d 755

2022 NY Slip Op 00039

DOROTHY REAMES, as Executrix of H. CARLTON REAMES, Deceased, Appellant, v. STATE OF NEW YORK et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided January 11, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mackenzie Hughes LLP, Syracuse ( W. Bradley Hunt of counsel), for appellant.

Letitia James , Attorney General, Albany ( Jonathan D. Hitsous , Barbara D. Underwood , Andrea Oser and Julie M. Sheridan of counsel), for respondents.

OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

The Appellate Division applied the correct substantial factor test (see e.g. Brown v State of New York, 31 N.Y.3d 514, 519-520 [2018]), and record evidence supports the Court of Claims' affirmed finding that defendants' negligence was not a substantial factor...

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