Legal Opinion
Wenzel v. State
City of New York Municipal Court
Decided August 24, 1942No. Claim No. 25878; Claim No. 25879; Claim No. 25903PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDye, J.
The claimants sustained personal injuries in an automobile accident which occurred on December 3, 1939, in the village of Freeport, Long Island. At the time of the accident, the claimants were passengers in an automobile which collided with the concrete base of a traffic stanchion that had been erected at a point in the center line of Sunrise Highway and the westerly curb line of Grove street extended. The concrete base was three feet in diameter, 2.60 feet high and weighed approximately two tons. Affixed to the top of the concrete block was a metal standard supporting a traffic control…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Stern v. International Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1917
- Gastel v. . City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
- Annino v. City of UticaNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
- Koehler v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1933
- Thompson v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Claims · 1935
3Cited by4 opinions
- Sher v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1949
- Sweet v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1949
- Firenze v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1955
- MacGowan v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1950