Wareham v. Jeffes

GOLDMAN, J.,

On August 25, 1980, Joseph Wareham, plaintiff, was incarcerated at the State Correctional Institute at Dallas (SCID) where he was stabbed at the base of the neck and slashed about the arms and chest by one or more inmates. Mr. Wareham was proceeding down a stairway leading to the exercise yard when the stabbing occurred. Plaintiff was admitted to Nesbitt Hospital, Kingston, Pa., for surgical treatment of the stab wound. The homemade weapon used by Wareham’s assailant lacerated the left side of the spinal cord and caused temporary paralysis of his lower extremities. Mr. Wareham’s…