Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York October 4, 2011 (Farrell v. State)

*639During the morning of May 15, 2002, the claimant was injured while driving to work on the Manhattan-bound Gowanus Expressway when a metal brake shoe went through her windshield and struck her in the face. As is relevant here, the claimant commenced this claim against the State of New York.