Weber v. State

Claimant, a student at the New York State Agricultural and Technical Institute at Delhi, N. Y. in a class studying carpentry, fell from a scaffold and sustained serious injuries. He claims that the scaffold was negligently constructed. The accident occurred on October 22, 1941, and at that time claimant was nineteen years of age. On February 22, 1943, claimant became twenty-one years of age and his claim to recover damages for his injuries was filed on June 14, 1943, when a motion was made for leave to file such claim in the Court of Claims. This motion was based on two grounds — first, that…