PUB. ADMR., CO. OF N. Y. v. STATE OF NEW YORK


286 A.D. 573 (1955)

Public Administrator of the County of New York, as Administrator of The Estate of George H. Pierre, Deceased, Respondent, v. State of New York, Appellant. (Claim No. 30337.)

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

November 16, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob K. Javits, Attorney-General (John R. Davison and James O. Moore, Jr., of counsel), for appellant.

B. Hoffman Miller and Hyman H. Smith for respondent.

BERGAN, COON, HALPERN and ZELLER, JJ., concur.


FOSTER, P. J.

Appeal by the State from a judgment of the Court of Claims in favor of the Public Administrator of the County of New York, in the sum of $9,187.50, for the death of an inmate of the Kings Park State Hospital.

Decedent had been transferred from Bellevue Hospital to the Kings Park State Hospital for care and treatment as a mentally ill person afflicted with schizophrenia. He was also diagnosed...

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