Lee v. State

Francis Lee, an inmate of the Wassaic State School, a State institution for mental defectives, and committed there by order of Hon. Alfred Frankenthaler, a Justice of the Supreme Court, was injured on August 13,1941, while operating a machine at the school. He was released on parole on May 9, 1943, and discharged on November 16, 1943.

On March 3, 1944, he filed a notice of intention to file a claim against the State for damages as the result of said injuries and moved for permission to file a claim pursuant to subdivision 5 of section 10 of the Court of Claims Act. Upon the argument of the…