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HUMPHREY v. STATE

60 N.Y.2d 742 (1983)

Carla Humphrey, as Administratrix of The Estate of Daniel J. Humphrey, Deceased, Respondent, v. State of New York, Appellant. (Claim No. 61839.)

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 18, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Michael S. Buskus and Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for appellant.

Robert Miller and Gerald A. Keene for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER, SIMONS and KAYE concur.

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

Decedent died instantly in an unwitnessed one-vehicle accident on a dead-end segment of old Route 7 in Broome County just after midnight on November 2, 1977. The Court of Claims found that the State was negligent in failing to give adequate, unambiguous warnings of conditions on that highway, and that the State's negligence contributed...

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