Carlon v. Regan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Casey, J.
Before paying petitioner the full amount of damages awarded him in his action against the State, the Comptroller has the authority to set off against that award the State’s valid claim for certain services rendered to petitioner as a patient in the State’s mental health facilities. *545Special Term’s judgment directing respondents to pay the judgment must be reversed.
Following his arrest on burglary charges in 1944, and based upon a court-ordered psychiatric examination, petitioner was committed to the Matteawan State Hospital, an institution for the criminally…
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