Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) Finkelstein Levine Gittelsohn & Partners, L. L. P. (Andrew L. Spitz of counsel), for claimant.Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General (J. Gardner Ryan of counsel), for defendant. See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. SCOTT J. MULLER, Claimant,<BR> v. <BR>STATE OF NEW YORK, Defendant. (Motion No. M-60862.) claimant's motion for permission to treat the notice of intention that was served on the Attorney General on November 7, 1997 as the claim in this matter is granted.