New York Court of Appeals

Ada E. Priestly, Appellants v. State of New York, Respondent; Ada E. Priestly, Appellants, v. State…

November 20, 196823 N.Y.2d 152

Summary

The Court of Appeals held that the remaining access to the claimants' property after the State's taking was unsuitable, not merely circuitous, and therefore consequential damages were proper. It reversed the Appellate Division and reinstated the Court of Claims' judgment awarding those damages.