Legal Opinion
Choate v. Lockhart
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 26, 1993No. Nos. 92-3369, 92-3526PublishedCited by 190 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
Freddy Wayne Choate (Choate), an inmate at the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC), brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that several ADC employees violated his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment by making him work on a dangerous roofing job. The district court found the defendant prison officials liable and awarded Choate damages for pain and suffering. Choate appeals the district court’s denial of punitive and other compensatory damages. The defendants cross-appeal the court’s finding of liability under § 1983.…
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