Compani v. State

Appeal from a judgment in favor of claimants, entered April 8, 1991, upon a decision of the Court of Claims (I. Margolis, J.).

On May 27, 1984, while at Northampton Beach State Park in Fulton County, claimants’ four-year-old son fell from a slide sustaining a displaced fracture of the left elbow. Claimants brought this action against the State and, as the result of a bifurcated trial, the Court of Claims found the State liable and thereafter awarded $241,000 for the infant’s injuries, broken down as follows:

Future economic loss $ 14,000

Loss of household services 30,000

Past pain and suffering…