Daly v. County of Tompkins

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme court, entered January 10, 1978 in Tompkins County, upon a verdict rendered at a Trial Term, in favor of defendant. Plaintiff, Helen Daly, was operating an automobile on North Triphammer Road, Tompkins County, when it skidded off the road and down a steep embankment. As a result of the accident, plaintiff sustained severe injuries. In the complaint it is alleged, inter alia, that defendant county was negligent and careless in the maintenance, operation and control of the highway and that the highway was completely covered with ice and in an extremely…