Saunders v. State

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

The United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island, acting pursuant to Sup.Ct.R. 6, has certified to us the following questions of law:

“1. Do the State of Rhode Island, its officers, and employees have a duty to exercise reasonable care to protect prisoners in state correctional institutions from violent attack by other inmates, or is their duty measured by some other standard of care? (Emphasis in original.) “2. In order to establish a violation of this duty, must a plaintiff prove any of the following: (Emphasis in original.)

“(a) That prison…