The claimant asks this court to reverse the decision of the Court of Claims and to hold the State liable in damages for the wrongful death of Michael Burke as the result of a fire which occurred on June 28, 1974 at the Central Islip Psychiatric Center. The decedent was admitted to the said institution on December 15, 1973 on a voluntary application. He had a prior history of at least 12 admissions to mental institutions. At the time of the last admission he was diagnosed...
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