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FINKEL v. STATE OF NEW YORK

37 Misc.2d 757 (1962)

Abraham Finkel, as Administrator of The Estate of Evelyn Finkel, Deceased, Claimant, v. State of New York, Defendant. (Claim No. 36053.)

Court of Claims.

June 21, 1962

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gair & Gair (Harry A. Gair and Herman D. Brand of counsel), for claimant. Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Robert Schwartz of counsel), for defendant.

MELVIN H. OSTERMAN, J.

This is a claim for the alleged negligence of the State of New York in the maintenance and operation of Rockland State Hospital, a State mental institution, located in Orangeburg, New York.

On August 7, 1958, a patient at the hospital named Leon Thomas escaped and arrived at the nearby home of Mrs. Evelyn Finkel. Thomas gained access to the Finkel home and brutally inflicted fatal...

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