MUHAMMAD v. STATE


15 A.D.3d 807 (2005)

790 N.Y.S.2d 570

YASIN J. MUHAMMAD, Appellant, v. STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent.

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

February 24, 2005.


Cardona, P.J.

In May 1997, claimant was an inmate at Bare Hill Correctional Facility in Franklin County with a prison job as a dormitory recycling porter whose duties included cleaning metal cans and separating them into bins for recycling. On May 25, 1997, claimant sustained an injury when the lid of a metal can sliced through his latex glove and cut the pinkie finger on his right hand. Although claimant had performed this job without incident for over a month and...

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