CASTIGLIONE v. STATE


25 A.D.2d 895 (1966)

Mary Castiglione, as Administratrix of The Estate of Albert V. Castiglione, Deceased, Appellant, v. State of New York, Respondent. (Claim No. 33330.)

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

May 3, 1966


REYNOLDS, J.

The decedent sustained the injuries for which recovery is herein sought on May 18, 1953 as he, along with several other inmates, attempted to escape from a security ward of the Kings Park State Hospital. The sole question is whether the State was negligent in allowing the escape to proceed as far as it did. The duty of the State is to take every reasonable precaution to protect the patients at its...

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