Legal Opinion
Williams v. North Carolina Department of Correction
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided October 3, 1995No. 9410IC633PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGEE, Judge.
On 12 March 1991 plaintiff Michael Williams, an inmate in Central Prison, was stabbed multiple times by another inmate, Curtis Webber. Plaintiff filed a claim for damages pursuant to N. C. Gen. Stat. § 143-291 Tort Claims Act against defendant Department of Correction (hereinafter DOC) alleging negligence and claiming that the DOC employee on duty that day did not follow policy and procedure in maintaining a segregated cellblock to prevent inmates from coming into contact with each other. Plaintiff alleged that after being released from his cell for recreation, he was attacked by…
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