BESAW v. ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CHILDREN


301 A.D.2d 949 (2003)

754 N.Y.S.2d 111

JEANNIE M. BESAW et al., Respondents, v. ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CHILDREN et al., Appellants.

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

Decided January 23, 2003.


Lahtinen, J.

Plaintiff Jeannie M. Besaw (hereinafter plaintiff), a 27-year-old retarded woman who suffers from spinal bifida and is confined to a wheelchair, is a participant in a sheltered workshop program sponsored by defendant St. Lawrence County Association for Retarded Children (hereinafter ARC). On August 13, 1999, plaintiff was injured in a motor vehicle accident while being transported in an ARC van. Plaintiff was thrown from her wheelchair and received severe...

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