Legal Opinion
Scally v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 28, 1966No. Claim No. 40797PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtReynolds, J.
Appeal by the State from a judgment of the Court of Claims awarding respondent $5,708.90 for personal injuries. On the afternoon of April 23, 1962 as respondent, then 77 years old, was walking on a sidewalk adjacent to State Highway 27A, the main street of the unincorporated community of Bay Shore, Town of Islip, Suffolk County, she stepped aside to let a woman pushing a baby carriage pass and in doing so caught her toe on a protruding corner of a metal covering to a drainage culvert as a result of which she fell and broke her hip. The corner in question protruded, by respondent’s own…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Dowd v. City of BuffaloNew York Court of Appeals · 1943
- Lynch v. City of BeaconNew York Court of Appeals · 1946
- Lynch v. City of BeaconAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1945
- Dowd v. City of BuffaloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1942
- Goetz v. City of New YorkCity of New York Municipal Court · 1954
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