CANEPA v. STATE OF NEW YORK


203 Misc. 694 (1952)

Angeline Canepa, as Guardian ad litem of John Canepa, Jr., an Infant, Claimant, v. State of New York, Defendant. (Claim No. 29875.) John Canepa, Sr., Claimant, v. State of New York, Defendant. (Claim No. 29876.) Joseph I. Gorin, as Limited Administrator of The Estate of Nelson M. Gorin, Deceased, Claimant, v. State of New York, Defendant. (Claim No. 30116.)

Court of Claims.

December 2, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur VD. Chamberlain and Francis J. D'Amanda for John Canepa, Sr., and another, claimants.

Seymour Bernstein and Paul Muscarella for Joseph I. Gorin, as limited administrator, claimant.

Nathaniel L. Goldstein, Attorney-General (Frank M. Noonan of counsel), for defendant.


GORMAN, J.

Sometime around 1:00 A.M. on April 22, 1949, four university students were proceeding along New York State Route 96, near the town of Manchester, Ontario County, New York, in a 1949 Ford automobile driven by Gerald Cramer. The car which was being operated in an easterly direction was owned by the claimant, John Canepa, Sr., father of John Canepa, Jr., one of the passengers and a claimant herein. Nelson...

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