Lawrence v. State

— Appeal from judgment of the Court of Claims in favor of the claimant. The State also appeals from an order allowing the late filing of the claim. The claimant was driving an automobile in a southerly direction from Norwood to Potsdam on Route No. 56. The automobile struck a hole in the highway pavement about twenty feet south of New York Central Railroad crossing and the automobile was thrown to the claimant’s left where it collided with a north-bound vehicle. State employees engaged in reconstructing and resurfacing the road had created the hole by removing an old railroad tie which had…