Legal Opinion
Coffey v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided February 4, 1949No. Claim No. 28768; Claim No. 28787; Claim No. 28793PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLounsberry, P. J.
TMs is an action by the claimants for alleged negligence in the construction and maintenance of a portion of State Highway No. 20 at or near the Valley Inn, in the town of Mareellus, Onondaga County, New York.
*1061The claimants, Bridget Coffey, eighty years of age, her daughters, Gertrude Coffey, fifty-one years of age, Bessie Coffey, forty-nine years of age, and Anna Coffey, forty-one years of age, were, on August 26, 1947, proceeding westerly in a new 1947 Buick sedan, driven by Bessie Coffey, to their home in Albion, New York. The claimants were returning from a pleasure trip of several days…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Galbraith v. BuschNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
- Lahr v. TirrillNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
- Sporborg v. State of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1929
- Kirchner v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1928
3Cited by5 opinions
- Harrison v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Claims · 1959
- Coffey v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1950
- Coffey v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1950
- Coffey v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1950
- Restifo v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1972