Willcox v. County of Erie
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
We are to determine whether the doctrine of sovereign immunity may be successfully invoked by a county in defense of a suit for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligent maintenance of winter sports in a county park.
In the winter of 1936, the Erie county park commission erected and maintained in Chestnut Ridge Park a toboggan slide which afforded a coasting distance in excess of 1,600 feet. At the far end of the course an earthen barrier was constructed to prevent contact with a boundary fence. On February 9, 1936, prevailing conditions of snow, ice and freezing…
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