[DOWNLOAD] "Frank Williams v. State New York" by Court of Appeals of New York # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Frank Williams v. State New York
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 29, 1966
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
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We are to decide whether the infant claimant Christine Williams (the claim of her mother Lorene Williams is not before us now) has alleged a sufficient cause of action against the State of New York. The claim asserts negligence of the State in the care and custody of the infant's mother while the latter was a patient at a State hospital for the mentally ill ""and more particularly in failing to provide adequate, sufficient and proper care and supervision over her while she was in the custody of the State and in negligently failing to protect and safeguard her health and physical body from attack and harm from others, which negligence resulted in the infant Christine Williams being conceived, being born and being born out of wedlock to a mentally deficient mother."" The theory of suit becomes clearer when we examine the paragraph where the particulars of claimant's damage are set out thus: as a result of this neglect of the State, the child has been ""deprived of property rights; deprived of a normal childhood and home life; deprived of proper parental care, support and rearing; caused to bear the stigma of illegitimacy"".