Bradshaw v. State

Appeal from an amended judgment of the Court of Claims awarding respondent $25,000, without interest. Respondent, on November 30, 1956, while a patient at Creed-moor State Hospital, became involved in a verbal altercation with another patient. An attendant interceded in the argument and, in doing so, pushed appellant to the floor with such force that she was unable to get up. This attendant then left, and, after two patients had assisted her to a chair, two other attendants attempted to force her to walk and finally, when she proved unable to do so, pulled her down two flights of steps to the…