Legal Opinion
Higgins v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 15, 1993PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mikoll, J. P.
Cross appeals from a judgment in favor of claimant, entered November 14, 1991, upon a decision of the Court of Claims (Lyons, J.).
Claimant’s 20-year-old son, a sophomore attending the State University of New York at Albany, died when he was electrocuted shortly after running into a lake on campus due to the State’s conceded negligence in allowing the lake to become charged with electricity. The Court of Claims found that his death by electrocution was not instantaneous. There was evidence that decedent, who was active in sports and in excellent physical condition, was shocked by…
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