HENDERSON v. COUGHLIN


163 Misc.2d 20 (1994)

618 N.Y.S.2d 953

James Henderson, Claimant, v. Thomas A. Coughlin, III, as Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services of New York State, Defendant. (Claim No. 85885.)

Court of Claims.

October 25, 1994


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Henderson, claimant pro se. G. Oliver Koppell, Attorney-General (Janet L. Polstein of counsel), for defendant.


GERARD M. WEISBERG, J.

This is a claim for, among other things, wrongful confinement, loss of work-release wages and mental anguish arising out of two incidents at Edgecombe Correctional Facility: claimant's confinement to a special housing unit (SHU) and a fire which occurred at the facility while claimant was so confined.

Claimant, then a State prison inmate, was transferred to Edgecombe on March 5...

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