Waldron v. State

This is a motion to examine the State before trial, in a claim to recover damages for the wrongful death of claimant’s intestate while a prisoner at the State prison in Dannemora. It is averred that the State was negligent in permitting the extraction of the inmate’s tooth by another prisoner, who was not a qualified dentist, and was likewise at fault in the postoperative treatment resulting in an infection which eventually led to his death.

The State resists the application insofar as an examination is sought of the State’s physicians and dentists and the intestate’s medical records on the…