Baumfeld v. State

— Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims (Lengyel, J.), entered November 17, 1983, which dismissed the claim.

Claimants are the owners of a house and lot which they purchased in 1976. Approximately 1,000 feet east of the residence and at a 50-foot higher elevation on State-owned land on the opposite side of a road, the Department of Transportation stored a mixture of salt and sand in large quantities, which it used on snowy and icy highways during wintertime. Claimants’ water supply consisted of a shallow well under their basement floor. Immediately after taking possession of the house,…