Mattison v State of New York (2026 NY Slip Op 00702)
Mattison v State of New York
2026 NY Slip Op 00702 [246 AD3d 1421]
February 11, 2026
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, April 8, 2026


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 Robert Mattison et al., Appellants,
v
State of New York et al., Respondents. (Appeal No. 1.)

Cellino Law LLP, Buffalo (Gregory V. Pajak of counsel), for claimants-appellants.

Letitia James, Attorney General, Albany (Jonathan D. Hitsous of counsel), for defendants-respondents.

Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims (J. David Sampson, J.), entered March 14, 2024. The order denied the application of claimants seeking, in effect, permission to file a late claim.

It is hereby ordered that said appeal is dismissed without costs.

Same memorandum as in Mattison v State of New York ([appeal No. 2] 246 AD3d 1425 [4th Dept 2026]).

All concur except Curran and Hannah, JJ., who dissent and vote to affirm in the same dissenting memorandum as in Mattison v State of New York ([appeal No. 2] 246 AD3d 1425 [4th Dept 2026]). Present—Curran, J.P., Bannister, Ogden, DelConte and Hannah, JJ.