Legal Opinion
Purdy v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided May 23, 1960No. Claim No. 34178PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBussell G. Hunt, J.
This is a claim to recover for serious personal injuries and automobile damage sustained by the claimant on July 15, 1956, at about 4:00 a.m., when the automobile he was driving southerly on State Highway, Route 9W, near Marlboro, Ulster County, collided with a quantity of debris which State employees, allegedly, had permitted to remain upon the highway at its junction with a town road known as Purdy Avenue. The debris consisted of dirt, gravel and stones which had been washed by rain easterly and down Purdy Avenue and on to the State highway, at a lower elevation.
The evidence established…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Turner v. . City of NewburghNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- McGuire v. . SpenceNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Miller v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1931
- Barna v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1944
- Barna v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1943
3Cited by4 opinions
- Resto Negrón v. Puerto Rico Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1969
- Hall v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1962
- Negrón v. Puerto Rico Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1969
- Purdy v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1961