Tely v. State

Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims, entered August 15, 1968, awarding damages of $114,262.30 together with interest less prior settlements for wrongful death and personal injuries. The claim arose as the result of an automobile accident which occurred on a portion of Route 6 in Orange County that was being resurfaced. A car proceeding in the opposite direction (hereinafter referred to as the Young automobile) of the respondent crossed from its lane of traffic into the respondent’s lane with a resulting head-on collision. At the time of the accident the new pavement was some 20 feet…