Nunally v. State

Claimant seeks to recover damages for injuries sustained by Mm while an inmate at the Woodbourne State Institution for Defective Delinquents.

Sometime during February, 1947, while assigned to the sorting room located on the second floor of the institution, claimant was required to proceed to the floor below to the main laundry room and bring back a basket of laundry. The basket, made of canvas with handles at opposite ends, was approximately two feet by two and one-half feet by one and one-half feet in size and weighed sixty-five pounds when full. Carrying the basket on his shoulder, he made…