CASELLA v. STATE


121 A.D.2d 495 (1986)

Michael Casella, Appellant, v. State of New York, Respondent

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

June 16, 1986


Judgment affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The claimant, an inmate at Green Haven Correctional Facility, who was assaulted by another inmate, contends that the State was negligent in permitting the inmates to wear bulky clothing, thus preventing correction officers from noticing any object which an inmate might be carrying beneath his clothing. During the trial, it was developed that the correction officer in charge observed every inmate as he passed through...

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