PORTER v. OHIO DEPT. OF REHAB. & CORR.

No. 90-01010.

62 Ohio Misc.2d 296 (1991)

PORTER v. OHIO DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION AND CORRECTION.

Court of Claims of Ohio.

Decided July 31, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan S. Belkin, for plaintiff.

Lee Fisher, Attorney General, and John P. Reichley, Assistant Attorney General, for defendant.


FRED D. GARTIN, Referee.

The issue to be resolved in this action is whether the defendant negligently supervised and failed to instruct the plaintiff, Justice Porter, in his use of a scaffold at defendant's prison facility.

Plaintiff is an inmate under the custody and care of defendant pursuant to R.C. 5120.16.

On September 1, 1988, plaintiff was assisting another inmate, George Laguta, who was changing cell block light bulbs at the Marion Correctional...

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