VALENTINE, JR. v. STATE OF NEW YORK


277 A.D. 1069 (1950)

Charles H. Valentine, Jr., Appellant, v. State of New York, Respondent. (Claim No. 29494.)

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

November 15, 1950.


Claimant was a prisoner at Great Meadow Prison. He was assigned work at the cow barn and milkhouse which were outside the prison gates. On the morning of February 18, 1938, at about 6:15, he fell on his way to the cow barn and received serious injuries. It had been raining and freezing during the night and the grounds and walks were covered with ice. It was also raining and freezing at the time the accident occurred. The court below found claimant free from contributory negligence...

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