QUINN v. STATE


61 A.D.2d 850 (1978)

Mary Quinn et al., Appellants, v. State of New York, Respondent. (Claim No. 58693.)

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

February 9, 1978


Claimant was sitting on a swing at the Valley Stream State Park on August 12, 1973 when she was struck on the back of her head by a two or three-pound plywood sign which had fallen from the horizontal crossbeam supporting the swing. The crossbeam was about 12 feet above ground level and the sign had been suspended from it by two wires. Park authorities retained the sign, but witnesses who observed it immediately after the incident stated that one of the wires had remained...

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