Legal Opinion
Barnard v. State
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided May 17, 1978No. 60590PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LeGRAND, Justice.
This is a personal injury action brought by Kim Scott Barnard under Ch. 25A, The Code, 1973, against the State of Iowa for personal injuries sustained while he was a prisoner in the men’s reformatory. The trial court entered judgment for the state, and we affirm.
Plaintiff was assaulted by Allen Lee Hall, also a prisoner at the reformatory. Hall was a safekeeper inmate — a person kept in custody while awaiting court disposition of charges against him. The two men occupied adjoining cells for several days during what is referred to as an orientation period, the time before…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Parker v. StateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- John R. Jones v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Harris v. StateSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1972
- DeYarman Ex Rel. DeYarman v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1975
- McBroom v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1975
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- C. Joseph Salazar II v. James A. Collins and Jack M. Garner, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2008
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