Legal Opinion
Hirsh v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided February 16, 1959No. Claim No. 32311PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtAlexander Del Gtorno, J.
This is a claim by Alice Hirsh, the administratrix of Irving S. Hirsh, to recover damages for the death of Irving S. Hirsh, caused by the alleged negligence of the State. At the time of his death decedent was 38 years of *361age. He left him surviving his widow, the administratrix, appointed as such on September 23, 1953, and two children aged 12 and 10. The claim herein was filed on December 3, 1953 and has not been assigned.
The deceased died by suicide on September 4, 1953, while a patient at Brooklyn State Hospital, as a result of taking an overdose of seconal, which is a barbiturate…
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- Lange v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1960