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SHEFFIELD v. TURNER

No. 10837.

445 P.2d 367 (1968)

21 Utah 2d 314

Paul Ray SHEFFIELD, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. John TURNER, Warden of the Utah State Prison; State of Utah; John Does 1, 2, 3, etc., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Utah.

September 23, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hatch & McRae, Robert M. McRae, Salt Lake City, for appellant.

Phil L. Hansen, Atty. Gen., D. Gilbert Athay, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for respondents.

CROCKETT, Chief Justice:

Plaintiff, Paul Ray Sheffield, an inmate of the State Prison, sued the Warden, John Turner, certain John Does, and the State of Utah, for damages which resulted when plaintiff was stabbed by a fellow prisoner, causing him to lose the sight in one eye. The district court granted defendants' motion to dismiss. On appeal, plaintiff does not contest the dismissal as to the State of Utah, but does as to...

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