Fiato v. State

This is a claim to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by claimant in the City of Albany, as a result of the alleged negligence of the State of New York.

The scene of the accident was the intersection of Clinton and Catherine Streets. Catherine Street runs in a general easterly and westerly direction, and Clinton Street, at the point where it is intersected by Catherine Street, runs generally north and south and is level. Running westerly from Clinton Street, Catherine Street is an uphill grade. At the southwesterly corner of the intersection of these two streets, and higher in…