Proulx v. State

The claims herein were filed against the State of New York for damages for personal injuries resulting from accidents which occurred on July 16, 1952, on Route 20, a State highway, in the town of Lafayette, County of Onondaga, New York. The two claims were tried together and likewise treated here.

The claimants, who were in the United States Army and stationed at Camp Drum, were each driving a one and one-half ton tractor-trailer truck in a convoy proceeding from the camp to the Oneida Ordnance Depot. The convoy was preceded by a jeep occupied by a lieutenant and a driver. When they reached a…