Johnson v. . State
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered January 28, 1919, affirming a judgment of the Court of Claims awarding the plaintiff damages for the death of her husband, who while driving an automobile on a state highway on a foggy night failed to observe a curve in the road and went over the embankment and was killed.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered January 28, 1919, affirming a judgment of the Court of Claims awarding the plaintiff damages for the death of her husband, who while driving an automobile on a state highway on a foggy night failed to observe a curve in the road and went over the embankment and was killed. It was claimed that the state was negligent in failing to maintain a barrier at the point in question. A construction of the Highway Law as to the state’s liability under the so-called “ patrol system ” was…
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Hiscock, Ch. J., Chase, Collin, Cardozo, Pound, Crane and Andrews, JJ.
2Cited by14 opinions
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- Sutherland v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1947
- Wolf v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1924
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