Wood v. State

Memorandum: We concur with the Court of Claims determination that claimant is not entitled to recover for that part of his claim which is based upon the invalidity of the commitment papers at the time he was apprehended by the State Police. However, we cannot agree that claimant’s rights were not violated by reason of his detention in the Marey State Hospital after admission and after ample opportunity was afforded the hospital to ascertain the bona fides of the commitment certificate. Prom the outset claimant denied that he had ever been examined by the Health Officer who signed the…