Ellis v. State

This is an appeal by the State of New York from a judgment of the Court of Claims for damages to the claimant for injuries resulting from an automobile accident. The claimant sustained injuries when the driver of the automobile in which he was a passenger was allegedly blinded by the headlights of an approaching automobile, which caused him to leave the travelled portion of the highway and strike a pole 5 feet 10 inches from the edge of the pavement. The road was 24 feet wide, consisting of two lanes, each 12 feet wide, and separated by parallel white lines. There was a dirt shoulder 4 feet…