Glenn v. Department of Corrections

BARRETT, Commissioner.

Edgar Glenn is an inmate of the Missouri State Penitentiary, serving a term of imprisonment for armed robbery. In November 1966 Glenn instituted this civil action against the Department of Corrections to recover $100,000.00 damages for personal injuries sustained on December 6, 1961. He was engaged in operating a machine for the stamping of automobile license plates. He alleges as grounds of negligence and liability that “at the order and direction of Defendant’s agents, servants and employees acting within the scope of their employment,” the machine evidently being out…