MATTER OF BASILE v. LEVITT


70 A.D.2d 999 (1979)

In the Matter of Lynn Basile, Petitioner, v. Arthur Levitt, as Comptroller of The State of New York, et al., Respondents

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

June 14, 1979


Petitioner, a correction officer responsible for the care, custody and control of inmates at the Nassau County Correctional Facility, responded to a call for assistance at the medical tier where an inmate having an apparent seizure was hiding under a bed in her cell. Petitioner and her partner bent down and together grabbed the inmate's arm and leg and pulled her out from under the bed. When petitioner then tried to stand up, she "felt pain in [her] lower back" and "couldn...

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