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DALTON v. STATE

34 A.D.2d 605 (1970)

William J. Dalton, as Administrator of The Estate of Helen Dalton, Deceased, et al., Respondents, v. State of New York, Appellant. (Claim No. 45278.)

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

March 11, 1970

HERLIHY, P. J.

The decedent had been hospitalized in State institutions for mental disturbances on four separate occasions from June of 1955 to September 23, 1964, the date of her last admission at Brooklyn State Hospital. On October 26, 1964 the decedent was permitted to spend her day in an open ward (i.e., no locked doors or guards) and walked out of the hospital and apparently committed suicide by jumping off a ferry boat. The trial court found that...

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