Higgins v. State

These claims, properly filed and not submitted to any other tribunal for determination, arise from an instance allegedly occurring on July 15, 1962 which resulted from the negligence of the defendant, the State of New York, in the hiring of personnel and in the improper supervision, confinement, care and custody of a patient at the Buffalo State Hospital.

Claimant, Robert Higgins, Jr., an infant, brings suit through his guardian ad litem, Robert Higgins, Sr., for personal injury, and claimant, Robert Higgins, Sr., father of the infant, sues for medical expenses, hospital and nursing care.

The…