Legal Opinion
Yerden v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided September 11, 1950No. Claim No. 29193PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtGorman, J.
Claimant seeks to recover damages for the death of her intestate, Lloyd H. Yerden, resulting from an accident which occurred at the Jamesville Reservoir on June 26, 1948. Liability of the State would be predicated on the alleged negligence of its officers and employees in failing to properly maintain the reservoir and in neglecting to warn bathers of submerged stones which, it is alleged, created a trap and a nuisance.
The Jamesville Reservoir was completed about 1875 as a feeder for the Erie Canal. A dam constructed across Butternut Creek just south of Jamesville, Onondaga County, New York,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Walsh v. Fitchburg RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Meiers v. Fred Koch BreweryNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
- Vaughan v. . Transit Development Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1917
- Carbone v. MacKchil Realty Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1947
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Piche v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1951