St. George v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
On March 5, 1950, on a street in Brooklyn, one William J ones, a colored boy then nineteen years of age, stabbed and killed Frank St. George, a perfect stranger, without provocation or apparent motive. Jones had been released on March 1,1950, from Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminal Insane. Claimant’s theory of the liability of the State is that the doctors and psychiatrists at Matteawan negligently made an erroneous diagnosis of the true nature of Jones’ mental illness, and pursuant thereto, improperly released him. Upon that theory the Court of Claims has granted judgment for damages…
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