Legal Opinion
Oliver v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided May 25, 1959No. Claim No. 34110PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRichard S. Heller, J.
This claim for personal injuries suffered by the claimant on September 25, 1946 when he was an inmate at the Mattewan State Hospital alleges negligence on the part of the State as the sole proximate cause of an accident wherein claimant lost three quarters of his left arm and sustained other injuries.
Claimant was born on January 26, 1931. On April 10, 1945, at age 14, he was indicted for first degree murder in Bronx County, New York, charged with the premeditated killing of his two-year-old brother. Thereafter the claimant was duly found to be in such a state of insanity as precluded his…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Paige v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
- Gould v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1949
- Paige v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Mochen v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974
- Young v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1978
- Cadeau v. Boys' Vocational SchoolMichigan Supreme Court · 1960