BABCOCK v. STATE OF NEW YORK


19 Misc.2d 6 (1959)

Clarence Babcock, Claimant, v. State of New York, Defendant. (Claim No. 33803.)

Court of Claims.

October 6, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Travis & Whiting (Kenneth F. Whiting of counsel), for claimant.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (E. Paul Hoskins of counsel), for defendant.


RICHARD S. HELLER, J.

Claimant was driving home from work on March 8, 1956, at about 11:00 P.M., when his car skidded on an ice patch just north of Spring Street, Union Center, Broome County, New York. The highway he was traveling was known as Route No. 26 and was under the control and supervision of the State of New York.

The facts adduced at the trial established that the State was negligent in allowing water to collect and ice to form on the...

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