Ball v. State

This cause coming on to be heard on the claim filed by Preston Ball, pro se, sounding in tort for $2,000 to compensate Claimant for Respondent’s gross negligence and violation of established rules of institutional safety. A brief history and recital of the facts follows.

The incident that is the basis of the complaint occurred on February 1, 1987, at approximately 2:15 p.m. in the gymnasium of the Shawnee Correctional Center, at which time and place, the Claimant, as an inmate of the correctional center, was present when the officers in charge of the gym announced that activities were over for…