Melton v. State

Claimant, a parolee from Auburn State Prison, sues to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while he was an inmate. He has present capacity to sue. (Grant v. State of New York, 192 Misc. 45 [1948]; Duffy v. State of New York, 197 Misc. 569 [1950]. See comment, N. Y. L. J., Aug. 3, 1950, p. 184, col. 1.)

The accident occurred on November 4, 1948, in a prison shop where claimant was working as the receiver at the rear of a shearing machine used to cut strips of steel which later became tags to be fastened to the 1949 motor vehicle license plates. Claimant had previously worked as…