Geraghty v. State of New York

The injured claimant was a passenger in an automobile which went out of control on an abandoned section of State highway. The question concerns what is the duty of the State with respect to portions of State highways that have been discontinued. In this instance, as Route 245 formerly approached from the south the single main highway known as Routes 5 and 20, it ran northeastward into an historical thoroughfare known as the Preemption Road, at a location several hundred feet south of the junction of the latter with Routes 5 and 20. In 1926 this portion of Route 245 was relocated, by the…