Legal Opinion
Dowly v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided February 26, 1947No. Claim No. 27783PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLambiase, J.
Claimant’s decedent, Karen Dowly, was admitted on November 21, 1942, to the Creedmoor State Hospital, an institution owned, operated, and maintained by the State of New York for the detention, care and treatment of mentally ill persons. His mental condition was diagnosed as dementia praecox hebephrenic type. On February 28, 1943, he died as the result of injuries sustained by him at the hands of another patient on February 21, 1943, while he was being cared for in a ward of said hospital used exclusively for disturbed and violent patients.
*18The claim herein is based upon the alleged negligence…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Crapo v. . City of SyracuseNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
- Martindale v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
- Belknap v. . SealeyNew York Court of Appeals · 1856
- Arnold v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
- In Re the Accounting of MengNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Chong v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
- Mochen v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974
- Young v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1978
- Doty v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1961
- McCabe v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1947
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