Legal Opinion
Jacobs v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided May 31, 1949No. Claim No. 28829PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRyan, J.
Claimant’s intestate died from shock after having been immersed in the waters of the Hudson River at Northumberland on December 2, 1946. An occupant of a nearby house, Grace Roddick, observed decedent standing in the water. She summoned her son-in-law, Richard Obie, who went to the rescue. As Obie approached decedent and put out one hand to help him, decedent put out one hand, came forward to the river bank, fell and laid limp in Obie’s arms and died. Investigation disclosed decedent’s light automobile truck submerged in the river. The accident happened between 11:00 and 11:30 o’clock in the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Leboeuf v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
- LeBoeuf v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1938
- LeBoeuf v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1939
- Sanders v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1947
- Sanders v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1949
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Jacobs v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1950
- Messing v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1950
- Stevens v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1949
- Towey v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1958
- England v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1957
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