Appeal of Maddox

The plaintiff appeals from a ruling by a New Hampshire Department of Corrections Claims Officer {Andrea J. Goldberg) awarding him $50 for damage sustained to his watch while it was in the possession of the New Hampshire State Prison authorities. We affirm.

On October 23,1987, there was a disturbance at the prison. During the course of the disturbance, some of the prisoners set fires and threw various objects of personal and prison property from their windows. At the conclusion of the disturbance, the plaintiff, along with many other inmates, was moved from the medium south unit to an area…