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Scolavino v. State

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 22, 1947
297 N.Y. 460 (N.Y. 1947)

Summary

In Scolavino v. State of New York (297 N.Y. 460), the court affirmed the increase of an award to an inmate of a State hospital who had been rendered permanently blind by another inmate.

Summary of this case from Siegel v. City of N.Y

Opinion

Argued April 15, 1947

Decided May 22, 1947

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, LOUNSBERRY, J.

Nathaniel L. Goldstein, Attorney-General ( John R. Davison and Wendell P. Brown of counsel), for appellant.

Milton M. Leichter and Julius Wolfson for respondent.


Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion. [See Flaherty v. State of New York, 296 N.Y. 342, decided herewith.]

Concur: LOUGHRAN, Ch. J., LEWIS, CONWAY, DESMOND, THACHER, DYE and FULD, JJ.


Summaries of

Scolavino v. State

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 22, 1947
297 N.Y. 460 (N.Y. 1947)

In Scolavino v. State of New York (297 N.Y. 460), the court affirmed the increase of an award to an inmate of a State hospital who had been rendered permanently blind by another inmate.

Summary of this case from Siegel v. City of N.Y

In Scolavino v. State of New York (297 N.Y. 460), the State was held liable for an assault by an inmate of a mental hospital because the risk was foreseeable and the hospital failed to take necessary precautions.

Summary of this case from Cameron v. State of N.Y
Case details for

Scolavino v. State

Case Details

Full title:MICHAEL SCOLAVINO, an Infant, by ANTHONY SCOLAVINO, His Guardian ad Litem…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: May 22, 1947

Citations

297 N.Y. 460 (N.Y. 1947)
74 N.E.2d 174

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