Washington v. State

Briscoe, C.J.:

Lee Washington II appeals and the State cross-appeals from the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of the State in a negligence action filed pursuant to the Kansas Tort Claims Act, K.S.A. 75-6101 et seq. Washington is an inmate in Lansing Correctional Facility (formerly Kansas State Penitentiary). In this action, Washington seeks damages for personal injuries he sustained as a result of an attack upon him by another inmate, Timothy Vaughn. The district court concluded the discretionary function exception, K.S.A. 1991 Supp. 75-6104(e), applied to this case…