Legal Opinion
Messing v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided April 3, 1950No. Claim No. 29253PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtYoung, J.
On July 5, 1948, Marsha Messing, claimant, aged five and a half years, went to Bethpage State Park with her parents for an outing. In the park the State maintains for the amusement of children a small manually-operated platform-type merry-go-round of the kind commonly seen in recreation areas and schoolyards. Marsha and seven or eight other young people were riding on the merry-go-round and it was being propelled by four or five adults. Marsha, while riding or while attempting to get off, fell, causing the injury giving rise to this claim. Neither of Marsha’s parents were at the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Searles v. . Manhattan Railway CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Ruppert v. . Brooklyn Heights R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Lahr v. TirrillNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
- Digelormo v. WeilNew York Court of Appeals · 1932
- Ruback v. . McCleary, Wallin CrouseNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Rodriguez v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1974
- England v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1957