Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York June 29, 1945, Claim No. 25112; Claim No. 25113; Claim No. 25114 (Excelsior Insurance v. State)

Hill, P. J.

The Court of Claims has decided that the State is not responsible to the claimants for the property damage suffered when the lumber yard and buildings of claimant Wathley were destroyed by fire kindled on the night of February 19, 1936, by a mental defective who had escaped from the Wassaic State School through the asserted negligence of officers and employees of the State.