Legal Opinion
Finkel v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided June 21, 1962No. Claim No. 36053PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMelvin H. Osterman, J.
This is a claim for the alleged negligence of the State of New York in the maintenance and operation of Rockland State Hospital, a State mental institution, located in Orangeburg, New York.
*758On August 7, 1958, a patient at the hospital named Leon Thomas escaped and arrived at the nearby home of Mrs. Evelyn Finkel. Thomas gained access to the Finkel home and brutally inflicted fatal injury to Mrs. Finkel. He was thereafter apprehended by the police and is now incarcerated at Matteawan State Hospital for the criminal insane. This claim is brought against the defendant alleging that the State…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Williams v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1955
- St. George v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1954
- Flaherty v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1947
- Excelsior Ins. Co. of N.Y. v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1946
- St. George v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Dubil v. LABATESupreme Court of New Jersey · 1968
- Dunn v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1971
- Rum River Lumber Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
- Wilson v. City of TucsonCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1968
- Burrows v. Hawaiian Trust CompanyHawaii Supreme Court · 1966
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