Legal Opinion
Whitree v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided May 14, 1968No. Claim No. 42764PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHenry W. Lengyel, J.
This claim, initially for damages in the sum of $4,000,000, was duly filed. Said damages allegedly arose out of claimant’s confinement in Matteawan State Hospital from May 19,1947 to September 8,1961.
The first and third causes of action set forth in said claim were dismissed by order of Judge Sidney Squire dated December *69522, 1965. (See Whitree v. State of New York, 48 Misc 2d 673, affd. 26 A D 2d 720, mot. lv. to app. den. 18 N Y 2d 583.)
The second cause of action was predicated on the alleged negligence of the State doctors in providing psychiatric and ordinary medical care to the claimant…
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