Sullivan v. State

Claimant, while a convict imprisoned in Great Meadow Prison, was injured in cleaning a bread-slicing machine. His right thumb, index, middle and ring fingers were amputated. There was an eighty per cent loss of use of the right hand, and a marked deformity. A civilian official had control of an electric switch that motivated the device, and a convict directed claimant’s activities. The machine could be stopped by a switch thereon, and also, by the one located on the general switchboard in another room, the latter, as stated, under the control of the civilian guard. Claimant was injured during…