Legal Opinion
Quigley v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided December 14, 1951No. Claim No. 30521; Claim No. 30522Published
1Opinion of the CourtLounsberry, P. J.
These two claims arise from an unfortunate automobile accident which claimed the life of Charles J. Quigley and seriously injured his wife, Joan M. Quigley.
On December 23, 1949, at around 8:00 p.m. the decedent, accompanied by his wife, was driving his car easterly along State Highway Route No. 44, enroute to Pittsfield, Massachusetts, from their home in New Jersey. About a mile and a half west of Amenia, at a location known as Fish Hatchery Hill, the car approached a curve and downgrade. In the words of Mrs. Quigley, “We were travelling about 25 or 30 miles an hour,— we approached a curve,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Ziehm v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1946
- Karl v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
- Dawley v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1946
- Cook v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1950
- Bovey v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1949
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