Restifo v. State

Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims dismissing appellant’s claim after a trial on the merits. At about 9:30 p.m. on November 8, 1965 appellant, a 23-year-old teacher, sustained multiple injuries when her car skidded off Route 43 near the hamlet of Clarksville in the Town of New Scotland, Albany County. At the point where the skid began Route 43 is a two-way, two-lane macadam highway with a speed limit of 50 miles per hour. The appellant testified that she was driving westerly at about 35 miles per hour on a wet highway during a slight rain when, as she approached an area where the…