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Kelly v. State

151 A.D.2d 991 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1989-06-02 English

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Ernest Kelly et al., Respondents, v State of New York, Appellant. Donald Franklin, Sr., et al., Respondents, v State of New York, Appellant. Fred Myers, III, an Infant, by Carol Myers, as His Parent, Respondent, v State of New York, Appellant.

Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Where, as here, each claimant filed a document within the statutory period prescribed in Court of Claims Act § 10 and the document embodied all of the necessary elements of a claim (Court of Claims Act § 11), the Court of Claims properly determined that each document constituted a valid, timely filed claim against the State (see, Chalmers & Son v State of New York, 271 App Div 699 , affd 297 NY 690 ; Carnesi v State of New York, 140 AD2d 912 , 913; Jacobs v State of New York, 129 AD2d 772 ; Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. State of New York, 121 AD2d 694 ; Heisler v State of New York, 78 AD2d 767 ). (Appeal from order of Court of Claims, NeMoyer, J.— discovery.) Present — Callahan, J. P., Doerr, Boomer, Lawton and Davis, JJ.

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