Partners Trust Bank v. State

• Citation: 2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 09395,90 A.D.3d 1514,934 N.Y.S.2d 887
• Parties: PARTNERS TRUST BANK, formerly known as SBU Bank, formerly known as Savings Bank of Utica, Claimant–Respondent, v. STATE of New York, Defendant–Appellant. (Claim No. 107502.) (Appeal No. 2.)
• Decision Date: 23 December 2011
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 09395
90 A.D.3d 1514
934 N.Y.S.2d 887

PARTNERS TRUST BANK, formerly known as SBU Bank, formerly known as Savings Bank of Utica, Claimant–Respondent,
v.
STATE of New York, Defendant–Appellant. (Claim No. 107502.) (Appeal No. 2.)

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, New York.

Dec. 23, 2011.

Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims (Diane L. Fitzpatrick, J.), entered September 7, 2010. The judgment awarded claimant money damages after a nonjury trial.Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany (Owen Demuth of counsel), for defendant–appellant.

Gilberti Stinziano Heintz & Smith, P.C., Syracuse (Kevin G. Roe of counsel), and Sidney Devorsetz, PLLC, for claimant–respondent.

It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs for reasons stated in the decision at the Court of Claims.

SCUDDER, P.J., SMITH, GREEN, GORSKI, and MARTOCHE, JJ., concur.