Hughes v. State

Claimant, a former resident of Vienna Correctional Center, brought this action for personal injuries sustained by him on October 20, 1982, on the correctional center grounds when a block of ice injured his left hand.

The incident giving rise to his injuries occurred outside of the kitchen at the Vienna Correctional Center. Claimant, a 23-year-old man with no special skills and an eleventh grade education, was employed in the kitchen as a cook. On his day off, he was called into a kitchen office by Mr. Johnson and Mr. Hill, food supervisors and employees of the Department of Corrections, and…