WRIGHT v. STATE OF NEW YORK


31 A.D.2d 421 (1969)

Ronald G. Wright et al., Appellants, v. State of New York, Respondent. (Claim No. 43671.)

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

March 27, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bond, Schoeneck & King (John M. Freyer of counsel), for appellants.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Jeremiah Jochnowitz and Ruth Kessler Toch of counsel), for respondent.

DEL VECCHIO, J. P., MARSH, WITMER, GABRIELLI and MOULE, JJ., concur.


Per Curiam.

This action is for injuries suffered by claimant Ronald Wright when he jumped from a second story window of Syracuse Psychiatric Hospital during a period of confinement.

Expert medical testimony was not required to establish the State's liability in negligence. The average trier of the facts should be able to discern the facts as presented and determine whether the foreseeable risks to plaintiff...

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