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McCANDLESS v. STATE OF NEW YORK

6 Misc.2d 391 (1956)

June M. McCandless, an Incompetent, by Grace I. McCandless, Her Guardian ad Litem, Claimant, v. State of New York, Defendant. (Claim No. 31833.)

Court of Claims.

August 15, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emil Katzka, Abraham Fleischmann and Emil Katzka for claimant.

Jacob K. Javits, Attorney-General (Robert Schwartz of counsel), for defendant.

CHARLES T. MAJOR, J.

This is a claim for damages due to the alleged negligence of the State and set forth in two causes of action, viz:

(a) Assault on claimant, June Meredith McCandless, an inmate of Pilgrim State Hospital, by another inmate, resulting in claimant's pregnancy;

(b) The performance of an abortion on claimant to terminate the pregnancy.

June Meredith McCandless was born on...

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