Friedman v. State

Appeal by the State from a judgment of the .Court of Claims in favor of the claimants. The factual situation, on which 'the negligence of the State is predicated, is set forth in detail in the comprehensive opinion of the 'Court of Claims. (See 54 Misc 2d 448.) Suffice it to say that the infant claimant wás stranded in a chair lift some 20 feet to 25 feet above ¡the ground and the negligence of the State in the operation of the lift was .clearly established, as was the claimant’s freedom from contributory negligence; the latter without reference to the factor of moral compulsion adverted to…