Legal Opinion
Ward v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided April 2, 1975No. Claim No. 57157; Claim No. 57200PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJoseph Modugno, J.
These are claims for personal injuries arising from an incident which took place at Creedmoor State Hospital on September 23, 1972.
Both claims were consolidated for trial since they had their origins in the same occurrence.
By stipulation the trial was limited to the issue of liability.
On September 23, 1972 William J. Heegan and Joseph T. Ward, who were employed by the City of New York as uniformed patrolmen, were performing a 1:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. tour of duty in a radio motor patrol car in sector A of the 111th Precinct, Queens, New York. At 5:15 a.m. the officers received the following…
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