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New York Prisoner's Assault Claim Headed for Trial
Loaded on May 15, 2000
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2000, page 30
New York's Court of Appeals, its highest court, has held prisoner Francisco Sanchez's state tort lawsuit alleging negligent supervision against the state of New York raises an issue of whether an assault on Sanchez was foreseeable. The Court of Claims granted the State's motion for summary judgment on grounds the ...
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