Moore v. State

This is a claim brought by Maurice Moore for personal injuries sustained by him while a resident of the Centraba Correctional Center. On April 27, 1985, Claimant was playing cards in the day room of the institution. While sitting in a plastic swivel chair bolted to a table unit, the chair gave way and threw him to the floor. He injured his back, and in trying not to hit his head on the floor, caused his left index finger to be sprained. Examination of the chair revealed that one or more of the screws needed to hold the chair to the unit were missing.

Applying this Court’s holding in Ware v.…