Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York November 25, 1985 (Mendelson v. Transport of New Jersey)

OPINION OF THE COURT

Lawrence, J.

The instant appeal involves the right of a social services official to recover from a recipient of public assistance the cost of such assistance received by the recipient and his wife and minor children, pursuant to an assignment of the proceeds of a settlement of the recipient’s personal injury action.