Koenigsmark v. State

Appeal from a judgment, entered September 18, 1978, upon a decision of the Court of Claims, which dismissed the claim after trial of the issue of liability only. Claimant Jeffrey Koenigsmark allegedly attempted suicide by jumping in front of a moving vehicle after an escape from Elmira Psychiatric Center on April 16, 1975. Claimant instituted this action alleging that respondent’s negligence and malpractice in his care, treatment and supervision while he was a voluntary inpatient at the named facility, was the proximate cause of his injuries. The decision of the Judge of the Court of Claims…