Mapp v. State

Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims, entered February 17, 1978, which denied plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and directed defendant to accord plaintiff certain discovery rights. The claimant, a prisoner at the Clinton Correctional Facility, has filed a claim against the State seeking money damages for alleged injuries from an alleged over-exposure to radiation as a result of X-ray treatments during his confinement at various prisons. He has proceeded without legal counsel in pursuit of his claim and in response to a motion for discovery and inspection of documents, the Court…