Green v. State

While the claimant-respondent was serving a sentence of twenty-five years in Auburn State Prison he sustained personal injuries which the Court of Claims has found were due solely to negligence by agents of the State. Upon this appeal from an award of damages the Attorney-General argues for reversal of the judgment and a dismissal of the claim upon the ground that claimant’s *109right to sue the State is a civil right which is suspended by section 510 of the Penal Law during the term of his sentence. The statute thus invoked provides:

“ § 510. Forfeiture of office and suspension of civil rights. A…