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COULTHURST v. U.S.

Docket No. 98-2860.

214 F.3d 106 (2000)

Dorrell R. COULTHURST, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: May 31, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter H. Schuck, New York, N.Y. (James J. Park, Law Student Intern, New Haven, CT, on the brief), for Plaintiff.

David X. Sullivan, Assistant United States Attorney, New Haven, CT (Stephen C. Robinson, United States Attorney, District of Connecticut, and Jonathan B. Pitt, Law Student Intern, on the brief), for Defendant.

Before: LEVAL and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges, and POLLACK, District Judge.

LEVAL, Judge:

Plaintiff Dorrell R. Coulthurst is a federal prisoner who was incarcerated at the Federal Corrections Institute in Danbury, Connecticut ("FCI-Danbury") during the events that are the subject of this action. On October 9, 1992, Coulthurst suffered injuries to his shoulders, neck, and back while lifting weights in the prison gymnasium, when a cable snapped on a lateral pulldown machine. Coulthurst brought suit against the United States under the Federal...

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