Byline: John Caher Staff writer
A former Voorheesville woman, rendered mentally retarded and physically disabled as a result of an automobile accident when her mother was pregnant with her 25 years ago, has won $3.5 million in a claim against New York state.
Court of Claims Judge Condon A. Lyons, in a decision released Friday, found that the March 14, 1963, accident on Route 9W in Ulster County was the indirect cause of physical and mental disabilities suffered by Deborah Lynn Welsh. Welsh's mother was about 10 weeks pregnant with her when the one- car accident occurred on an icy patch of road near Kingston.
The attorneys arguing the case said it …
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