Legal Opinion
Burtman v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided January 13, 1947No. Claim No. 25673PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCtbeehbeeg, J.
Claim has been filed to recover damages for the wrongful death of the decedent and for personal injuries, pain and suffering sustained by him prior to his death occasioned through the negligence of the State of New York in permitting its ward to escape.
Claimant’s intestate, suffering from manic depressive psychosis, perplexed type, had been confined in 1936 to the Utica State Hospital for treatment. Upon admission he was assigned to Ward 6, wherein the patients are somewhat restricted and supervised.
Subsequently in December of that year, claimant’s intestate was transferred to an open ward,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Martindale v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
- Shattuck v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1938
- Shattuck v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1938
- Martindale v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935
- Callahan v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1943
3Cited by9 opinions
- Hernández Rivera v. Gobierno de la CapitalSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1960
- Neddo v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1948
- Horton v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1966
- Dimowitz v. New York City Transit AuthorityNew York Supreme Court · 1962
- Liddie v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1947
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