Rosario v. State

OPINION

Sommer, J.

This claim has been brought by Victor Rosario, an inmate of the Joliet Correctional Center at the time of the injury. The Claimant seeks damages for injuries sustained by him while playing basketball on a prison gym floor on March 10,1987. The Claimant alleges that the gym floor was made of wooden strips; and that his foot went through the floor to a depth of above four or five inches, causing him to injure his right ankle and to break a bone in his upper right instep.

The State has a duty to inmates of penal institutions to maintain reasonably safe conditions. (Reddock v.…