Temple v. State

Claimant’s intestate died March 8, 1945, at the Syracuse Psychopathic Hospital from fractures of the cartilages of the larynx with consequent hemorrhage and edema. These injuries were sustained when three employees of the institution forcibly administered paraldehyde by mouth to the patient to quiet Mm. The State of New York is liable herein but only for the funeral expenses as claimant’s intestate, who was sixty years of age, was suffering from syphilitic meningoencephalitis and the preponderance of evidence is that he would not have recovered and would not again be gainfully employed. The…