BROWN v. STATE


56 A.D.2d 672 (1977)

Haydee Brown, as Administratrix of The Estate of George Brown, Also Known as Jorge Brown, Deceased, Respondent, v. State of New York, Appellant. (Claim No. 55142.)

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

February 10, 1977


Decedent, aged 35, was transferred to Creedmore State Hospital during the afternoon of July 3, 1970. He died the next day around 9:00 A.M. This claim is for alleged wrongful death due to negligence on the part of the State in failing, among other things, to properly supervise decedent after administering a certain tranquilizer drug. The record reveals that prior to admission decedent had been acting withdrawn and aggressive. After...

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