Legal Opinion
Milano v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided October 20, 1964No. Claim No. 40911PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCaroline K. Simon, J.
This claim of wrongful death arises out of a homicidal assault inflicted on the infant decedent on June 28, 1962 by a mental patient at Rockland State Hospital who had been released from that institution on convalescent *291status on March. 9,1962. Negligence is predicated on the alleged improper release from confinement of the patient by virtue of the alleged failure of the hospital authorities to diagnose and evaluate the patient’s vicious and assaultive propensities in accordance with accepted institutional practice and in failing to supervise the activities of the patient after his release,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- In re the Probate of the Will of CoddingtonNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
- Scolavino v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1947
- Scolavino v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1946
- Mulligan v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1951
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3Cited by8 opinions
- People v. MaynardNew York Supreme Court · 1974
- People v. ChristopherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- In re ClearNew York City Family Court · 1969
- People v. FullerNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- Davis v. TirrellNew York Supreme Court · 1981
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