Case Name: Angeline G. Januszko, as Administratrix of the Estate of Debra J. Januszko, Deceased, et al., Appellants, v. State of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1979-05-08
Citations: 47 N.Y.2d 774
Docket Number: Claim No. 57431
Parties: Angeline G. Januszko, as Administratrix of the Estate of Debra J. Januszko, Deceased, et al., Appellants, v State of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 47
Pages: 774–776

Head Matter:
Angeline G. Januszko, as Administratrix of the Estate of Debra J. Januszko, Deceased, et al., Appellants, v State of New York, Respondent.
(Claim No. 57431.)
Argued March 23, 1979;
decided May 8, 1979
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
David G. Miller and Daniel A. Ruzow for appellant.
Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Maurice K. Peaslee and Jeremiah Jochnowitz of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
There is nothing in the record in this case which commands reversal of the factual determination made by the Court of Claims and affirmed at the Appellate Division that it was not foreseeable, when the inmate was discharged, that he would commit a brutal homicide five months thereafter. Accordingly, any negligence for which the State of New York might be held responsible was not the proximate cause of the decedent's death.
Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones and Wáchtler concur in memorandum; Judge Fuchsberg taking no part.
Order affirmed.