Legal Opinion
Hawley v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 14, 1965No. Claim No. 39502PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBastow, J.
Claimant, a man of mature years but a mental defective, represented by his guardian ad litem, has received a substantial monetary award based upon a finding that the State was liable for the negligent acts of one Robert Thompson, to whom a State school had committed the custodial care of claimant. The latter in September, 1959 received .serious permanent injuries, while working as a farm hand for Thompson, when he fell .some 40 feet from the top of a scaffold erected on the outside of a silo.
*358The custodial contract had been made with Bobert Thompson, who was not present at the time of the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Excelsior Ins. Co. of N.Y. v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1946
- Martindale v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
- Pantess v. Saratoga Springs AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1938
- Paige v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
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