Lloyd v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. & Corr.

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, Damon Lloyd, appeals a judgment of the Court of Claims of Ohio in favor of defendant-appellee, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. Because the open and obvious doctrine does not apply and because the trial court should have engaged in a comparative-fault analysis, we reverse.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

{¶ 2} Appellant is an inmate in the custody and control of appellee at the Chillicothe Correctional Institution ("CCI"). On February 19, 2014, appellant injured his right hand while adjusting the height of a window in the F-2 dormitory at CCI. There…