Quackenbush v. State

OPINION OF THE COURT

Philip J. Patti, J.

*1156Claimant, a former inmate at Groveland Correctional Facility, sustained serious personal injury on exiting a van owned by the defendant and operated by Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) personnel on July 2, 1999. On that day claimant, who was housed at the Groveland Annex (Annex), was one of four inmates who were to be seen at the infirmary located on the main campus of the facility. This required the inmates to be transported by van from the Annex to the main facility. DOCS regulations required the inmates to be handcuffed with the ubiquitous…