Legal Opinion

Potorik v. State

New York Court of Claims

Decided March 15, 1920No. Claim No. 16002Published

Claim for damages caused by the overflow of the Mohawk river and its tributaries.

1Opinion of the CourtMorschauser, J.

The above-named claimant filed a claim and a notice of intention, the claim being filed June 11, 1919, and the notice of intention August 20, 1918, alleging that through the negligence of the state caused by the overflow of the Mohawk river and its tributaries, which occurred on February 20 and 21, *3261918, the premises wherein the parents of the said Florence Potorik resided, No. 18 North street, in the city and county of Schenectady, were flooded and that by reason thereof an infant, the claimant’s intestate, being a little girl of about five months of age, became sick and died, alleging…

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2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Matter of Eldridge v. . Endicott, Johnson Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1920
  2. Hoey v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
  3. Hurley v. New York & Brooklyn Brewing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
  4. Sallie v. New York City Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
  5. Wood v. N.Y. Central and Hudson River Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1904

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