Legal Opinion

Crawford v. State

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 9, 1971No. Claim No. 51362PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Marsh, J. P.

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Claims, Cooke, J., which dismissed claimant’s claim on motion of respondent for failure to file a timely notice of claim pursuant to section 10 of the Court of Claims Act.

The claimant’s notice of claim states that on September 30, 1968 he was injured due to the negligence of correctional officials at Attica State Prison. On such date he was an inmate of Attica Prison. The injuries arose from the collapse of an excavation being made into the side of a hill on prison grounds. The claim was not filed with the Court of Claims and the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Weber v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1944
  2. Canizio v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1957
  3. Nastasi v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1945
  4. Jones v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1954

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Kelly v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
  2. Barrett v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  3. Claim of Reid v. New York State Department of Correctional ServicesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
  4. Zayed v. Clark Manor Convalescent Center, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 2019
  5. Hall v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981

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