Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York December 4, 1986 (Cordts v. State)

— Main, J.

Appeal from a judgment in favor of claimant, entered November 7, 1985, upon a decision of the Court of Claims (Benza, J.).

At about 6:30 a.m. on November 27, 1981, decedent, William *747Cordts, was driving his automobile in a generally westerly direction on State Highway Route 55 in the Town of Wawarsing, Ulster County.