Amadon v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtMercure, J.
Appeal from a judgment in favor of the State, entered January 9, 1991, upon a decision of the Court of Claims (E. Margolis, J.).
Claimant’s decedent was murdered October 27, 1985 in Vermont by John Kugler, Jr., an escapee from Capital District Psychiatric Center (hereinafter CDPC) in the City of Albany. As a result of the fatal attack, claimant commenced this wrongful death action seeking damages for, inter alia, economic loss and conscious pain and suffering. The claim alleged that the State, through its agents and employees at CDPC, was negligent in failing to adequately evaluate Kugler’s…
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