Legal Opinion
Eiseman v. State
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 9, 1987PublishedCited by 226 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*180OPINION OF THE COURT
Kaye, J.
This appeal from a negligence award focuses on the duty of the State, when an ex-felon with a history of drug abuse and criminal conduct, upon release from prison, is accepted into a special State college program for the disadvantaged, and thereafter rapes and murders a fellow student. We conclude that the State’s alleged negligence involved no breach of duty owed to decedent, and the award to her estate must therefore be overturned.
Facts
Charged in three indictments with attempted murder, attempted assault, robbery, larceny, and criminal possession of weapons and…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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