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TORRES v. STATE OF NEW YORK

34 Misc.2d 488 (1962)

Isabel Torres, Claimant, v. State of New York, Defendant. (Claim No. 35682.)

Court of Claims.

June 12, 1962

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hannibal Milano and Morris Honig for claimant. Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Raymond La Scala of counsel), for defendant.

SIDNEY SQUIRE, J.

The claimant is the widow of Antonio Torres. As the decedent's next of kin, she sues the State of New York for $51,000 for acts of its employees at the Pilgrim State Hospital, owned and operated by the defendant. She claims (a) $50,000 for her personal suffering and mental anguish resulting from an autopsy and burial, both unauthorized, and (b) $1,000 for the required disinterment and reinterment...

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