Saulter v. State

OPINION

Patchett, J.

This is a claim which arose as a result of an injury suffered in the gymnasium at a Department of Corrections facility. Mr. Saulter was an inmate at the correctional center. He was an experienced boxer and was working out on a heavy bag in the gymnasium. The bag had been constructed in a squatting rack. The squatting rack was a metal structure that had a pole through it from which the bag hung. This resulted in there being 18 inches on either side of the bag, between the bag and the metal structure. It appears that the State at least had some notice that the bar on top of…