ROSS v. STATE


8 A.D.2d 902 (1959)

Matilda Ross, as Administratrix of The Estate of Thomas W. Ross, Deceased, Respondent, v. State of New York, Appellant. (Claim No. 35314.)

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

June 9, 1959


The claim seeks an award for damages sustained as the result of the death of one Thomas W. Ross, allegedly caused by certain acts and omissions of the State. The following facts appear without dispute. Decedent was employed as a hospital attendant at the Binghamton State Hospital. He died on September 5, 1957 as the result of injuries sustained when he was stabbed by an alleged lunatic whom the intestate was attempting, at the direction of his superior officers, to apprehend...

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