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COX v. STATE OF NEW YORK

202 Misc. 870 (1952)

Catherine Cox, as Executrix of Edward P. McGrath, Deceased, Claimant, v. State of New York, Defendant. (Claim No. 30169.) Catherine Cox, as Executrix of Edward P. McGrath, Deceased, Claimant, v. State of New York, Defendant. (Claim No. 30168.)

Court of Claims.

June 3, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry O. Lee for claimant.

Nathaniel L. Goldstein, Attorney-General (David Marcus of counsel), for defendant.

YOUNG, J.

Mary McGrath was injured while an inmate of the Hudson River State Hospital, a mental institution owned and operated by the State of New York. The State denies having any knowledge of how the injury occurred. The claimant alleges Mary McGrath was assaulted by another inmate, one Helen Lantz, who has since died.

The basis of the claimant's allegation is an entry in the record of the hospital...

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