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BARTLETT v. COMMONWEALTH

418 S.W.2d 225 (1967)

John Porter BARTLETT, Administrator of the Estate of Leon Mitchell Bartlett, Deceased, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky and Department of Child Welfare, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied September 29, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Miller, Miller, Griffin & Marks, Lexington, for appellant.

Robert Matthews, Atty. Gen., Lloyd R. Cress, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellees.

EDWARD P. HILL, Judge.

On May 7, 1964, Leon Mitchell Bartlett, age 15, was found dead in a cell with two other inmates at Kentucky Village, a state-operated home for delinquent children. He had been choked with a towel and his neck slashed with a razor blade. This suit was filed pursuant to KRS 44.070 et seq. with the Board of Claims by the father as administrator of the estate of his deceased son against the Commonwealth of Kentucky and Department of Child...

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