Reddock v. State

Claimant, Warren D. Reddock, has brought this action to recover for injuries he suffered while an inmate at the Stateville Correctional Center at Joliet, Illinois. Reddock was injured while using a metal grinding machine in the Stateville Machine Shop, and he contends that the State of Illinois was negligent in failing to provide him a machine on which to work.

Prior to his incarceration at Stateville, Claimant was a licensed master plumber. As an inmate at State-ville, he was assigned to plumbing and other maintenance work.

On December 23, 1974, Claimant was assigned to work in the machine…