Legal Opinion
Hann v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided November 9, 1987No. Claim No. 69926-APublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*606OPINION OF THE COURT
Edwin Margolis, J.
This action involves a claim by a prison inmate for personal injuries inflicted by another inmate and alleged to have been caused by the negligence of prison oflicials. Specifically, claimant alleges that the prison officials were negligent in failing to take reasonable precautions to guard against the likelihood that unprovoked assaults would be made by claimant’s assailant.
It is well settled that the State has a duty to exercise reasonable care to assure the safety of inmates in its institutions (Flaherty v State of New York, 296 NY 342) and, in the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Tarter v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- St. George v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1954
- Flaherty v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1947
- Matter of Babington v. Yellow Taxi Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- St. George v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
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3Cited by4 opinions
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