SPELLER v. STATE

No. 93-1541.

528 N.W.2d 678 (1995)

Herbert SPELLER, Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

January 23, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert Speller, pro se.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., and James F. Christenson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Considered by HAYDEN, P.J., and SACKETT and HUITINK, JJ.


HUITINK, Judge.

Herbert Speller appeals a district court order granting the State's motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

Speller, an inmate at the Iowa State Penitentiary, filed a tort claim against the State seeking damages for injuries sustained while he was sleeping in his cell. Speller claimed he was attacked by an unknown person who threw scalding water on him on the morning of December 3, 1988. Speller claimed the State was negligent in failing to...

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