Hulett v. State

These are appeals by the claimants from judgments of the Court of Claims dismissing their personal injury claims on the ground that the negligence of the driver of the automobile was the sole proximate cause of the accident. On the night of September 27, 1952, at about 1:30 A. M., the appellant Hulett was the driver of an automobile proceeding in a southerly direction toward the village of Cambridge, on New York State Highway, Route No. 22, in Washington County. The appellants Hill and Lincoln were passengers *807in the automobile. Just north of the village, Route 22 turns to the east on a…