Dakin v. State

The Court of Claims has awarded claimant a judgment of $72,867.28 for personal injuries he received while a visitor at Taughannock Falls State Park on June 9, 1946. The State has appealed from that judgment on two grounds: (1) that the accident was not the result of negligence on the part of the State; (2) that the damages awarded are excessive. Claimant has cross-appealed on the ground the damages awarded were insufficient.

Taughannock Falls is on Taughannock Creek, an inlet of Cayuga Lake, and is 215 feet high. It is one of the great scenic beauties of the State, and a pamphlet issued by the…