Legal Opinion
Santangelo v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided March 31, 1980No. Claim No. 58943PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Thomas J. Lowery, Jr., J.
The claimant seeks damages for personal injuries sustained when she was raped by one Edward Simcoe on July 18, 1973. At the time, Simcoe was in the custody of the New York State Department of Correctional Services, but had been allowed to return to his home under a temporary release program authorized by article 26 of the Correction Law. The claimant contends that the State was negligent in permitting Simcoe to be released into an unsupervised environment.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
On March 12, 1973, Simcoe was sentenced as a youthful offender to a…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Stump v. SparkmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Wood v. StricklandSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Martinez v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
34 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by7 opinions
- Santangelo v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- Bonsignore v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1981
- Cowin v. Huntington HospitalNew York Supreme Court · 1985
- Robilotto v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1980
- Perez v. Government of the Virgin IslandsDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 1987
2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.