Williams v. State

Chief Judge Desmond.

We are to' decide whether the infant claimant Christine Williams (the claim of her mother Lorene Williams is not before us now) has alleged a sufficient cause of action against the State of New York. The claim asserts negligence of the State in the care and.custody of the infant’s mother while the latter was a patient at a State hospital for the mentally ill “ and more particularly in failing to provide adequate, sirffi-cient and proper care and supervision over her while she was in the custody of the State and in negligently failing to protect and safeguard her health and…