Case Name: Marie E. Sivertsen et al., Appellants, v. State of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1967-02-23
Citations: 19 N.Y.2d 698
Docket Number: Claim No. 39986
Parties: Marie E. Sivertsen et al., Appellants, v. State of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 19
Pages: 698–700

Head Matter:
Marie E. Sivertsen et al., Appellants, v. State of New York, Respondent.
(Claim No. 39986.)
Argued January 11, 1967;
decided February 23, 1967.
Jeannette H. Harris and John H. Roberts for appellants.
Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Emil Woldar and Ruth Kessler Toch of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
Order of Appellate Division reversed, with costs, and matter remitted to that court for determination of the questions of fact. Under the rule in Volk v. City of New York (284 N. Y. 279) claimants were entitled to make their claims based on common-law negligence (see, also, Robison v. State of New York, 263 App. Div. 240, 266 App. Div. 1054, affd. 292 N. Y. 631).
Concur: Judges Van Voorhis, Bergak, Keating and Breitel. Chief Judge Fuld dissents and votes to affirm in the following opinion in which Judges Burke and Scileppi concur.