Blankenship v. State

OPINION

Sommer, C.J.

Claimant seeks recoveiy for injuries sustained as an inmate in a slip and fall which occurred when he was entering a shower at the Sheridan Correctional Center on April 3,1989. Claimant was confined to a segregation unit for disciplinary reasons at that time and was therefore subject to heightened security measures which essentially required him to be constantly handcuffed behind the back anytime he was not confined to a cell. Even the shower stall on the unit was specially constructed as a type of cell. The correctional officer accompanying Claimant from his cell to the…