JENKINS v. STATE


119 Misc.2d 144 (1983)

Marion Jenkins, Jr., et al., Individually and as Legal Guardians of Marion Jenkins, Sr., Claimants, v. State of New York, Defendant. (Motion No. 28405.)

Court of Claims.

April 28, 1983


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kerner & Zucker (Harold Kerner of counsel), for claimants. Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Raymond LaScala of counsel), for defendant.


FRANK S. ROSSETTI, J.

The instant motion is for permission to file a claim out of time. It arises from the erroneous notification by a State mental hospital of the "death" of George Jenkins, the son of claimants Marion and Agnes Jenkins and the brother of the other claimants. The damages claimed include not only the personal suffering of each claimant, but also funeral and other expenses incurred in shipping the body (of another man as it turned out)...

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