TIMMONS v. STATE OF NEW YORK


256 A.D.2d 1163 (1998)

684 N.Y.S.2d 104

CHRISTOPHER TIMMONS, Appellant, v. STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent. (Claim No. 82209.)

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

Decided December 31, 1998.


Judgment unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum:

Claimant commenced this action to recover damages for injuries he sustained while an inmate at Auburn Correctional Facility. Claimant alleged that prison officials were negligent in failing to place him in protective custody to prevent an unidentified inmate from setting him on fire in his cell. On appeal from a judgment dismissing his claim after a trial on the issue of liability, claimant contends...

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