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Watts v. State

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jan 3, 2006
25 A.D.3d 324 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)

Opinion

7453.

January 3, 2006.

Judgment, Court of Claims of the State of New York (Alan C. Marin, J.), entered on or about August 3, 2004, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the brief, after a nonjury trial on damages, made no award of damages for post-traumatic stress disorder, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Gordon Gordon, P.C., Forest Hills (Peter M. Zirbes of counsel), for appellant.

Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, Albany (Michael S. Buskus of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Saxe, J.P., Marlow, Williams, Catterson and Malone, JJ., concur.


In a nonjury trial, "`the decision of the fact-finding court should not be disturbed upon appeal unless it is obvious that the court's conclusions could not be reached under any fair interpretation of the evidence, especially when the findings of fact rest in large measure on considerations relating to the credibility of witnesses'" ( Thoreson v. Penthouse Intl., 179 AD2d 29, 31, affd 80 NY2d 490, quoting Claridge Gardens v. Menotti, 160 AD2d 544, 544-545). Here, there is no basis to disturb the trial court's determination, premised upon its resolution of conflicting expert testimony and attendant credibility determinations, that claimant did not suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder as a result of being hit on the head by falling ceiling plaster at defendant's facility.

We have considered plaintiff's remaining arguments and find them unavailing.


Summaries of

Watts v. State

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jan 3, 2006
25 A.D.3d 324 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
Case details for

Watts v. State

Case Details

Full title:KATHRYN WATTS, Appellant, v. STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent

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

Date published: Jan 3, 2006

Citations

25 A.D.3d 324 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
2006 N.Y. Slip Op. 16
809 N.Y.S.2d 5

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