Telfair v. State

In a combined negligence and malpractice claim to recover damages for personal injuries, the claimant appeals, inter alia, on the ground of inadequacy, from a judgment of the Court of Claims (Lengyel, J.), dated January 29, 1981, which was in his favor, after a nonjury trial. Judgment reversed, on the law, with costs, and case remitted to the Court of Claims for further proceedings in accordance herewith. The claimant, while a prisoner at the Mid-Orange Correctional Facility, injured his wrist when he slipped and fell while mopping water in his residential cottage. The water had dripped from…