Legal Opinion
Shattuck v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided February 24, 1938No. Claim No. 23449PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAckerson, J.
This claim is based on the negligence of the State’s employees of the Newark State School at Newark, N. Y., in permitting the infant claimant to escape in the month of February, 1933, scantily clad. Shortly after his escape the weather turned *272exceedingly cold. As the result of his exposure, the boy’s feet and legs were so frozen that both of them had to be amputated below the knee.
The Newark State School is an institution for the care and treatment of mental defectives. This boy was delinquent by reason of being a mental defective. In accordance with due process of law and upon the order of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Martindale v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
- Phillips v. St. Louis & San Francisco RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1908
- Curley v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1933
- Van Patter v. Charles B. Towns HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Excelsior Ins. Co. of N.Y. v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1946
- Dunn v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1971
- Scolavino v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1946
- Lee v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1946
- Callahan v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1943
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