Liddie v. State

Claimant, as administratrix, sues to recover damages for the death of her husband, Allen A. Liddie, who suicided, July 11, 1945, while an inmate of G-owanda State Hospital. By his case history, by his previous suicidal attempts, first, while on parole at home and, later, while at the institution, the State of New York, its officers and employees had ample warning of their patient’s propensities. The issue of negligence turns upon the question of whether or not reasonable care required the hospital authorities to watch Liddie more closely than they did. His diagnosis was psychoneurosis…