DUNNING v. STATE OF NEW YORK


32 Misc.2d 1043 (1962)

Robert Dunning, as Administrator of The Estate of Grace Dunning, Deceased, Claimant, v. State of New York, Defendant. (Claim No. 36023.)

Court of Claims.

April 3, 1962


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Silberstein and Louis H. Levine for claimant. Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (William T. McCue of counsel), for defendant.


ALEXANDER DEL GIORNO, J.

This is a claim by Robert Dunning, as administrator, to recover damages for the death of his daughter, Grace Dunning, caused by the alleged negligence of the State.

On December 13, 1957, Grace Dunning, seven years of age, was admitted to Willowbrook State School, an institution for the care of mentally deficient children. She had been declared mentally deficient by an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County. Her father...

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