GENTLE v. STATE OF NY


4 Misc.3d 453 (2004)

778 N.Y.S.2d 660

KENDRICK GENTLE, Claimant, v. STATE OF NEW YORK, Defendant. (Claim No. 96927.)

Court of Claims.

April 16, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nishman & Savitsky (Robert W. Nishman of counsel), for claimant.

Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General (John Healey of counsel), for defendant.


OPINION OF THE COURT

TERRY JANE RUDERMAN, J.

Claim No. 96927 alleges that on May 14, 1996 claimant, an inmate at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, was a student in the facility workshop when he amputated the upper joint of his left middle finger and severely lacerated the fourth finger of his left hand. Claimant contends that his injury was due to an allegedly unsafe router that did not have the proper safety...

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